Based on the Tuesday class session and the clips from Chris Pirlet's class at Aberdeen Central, does it seem to you that theater games would work well as a social science teaching technique? What do you see as positives and negatives about theater games? Do you think you will use theater games yourself when you teach? Why, or why not?
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Classroom Full of Stars (to be done after the Tuesday, September 24 class session)
Based on the Tuesday class session and the clips from Chris Pirlet's class at Aberdeen Central, does it seem to you that theater games would work well as a social science teaching technique? What do you see as positives and negatives about theater games? Do you think you will use theater games yourself when you teach? Why, or why not?
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I'm glad you are going to use the theater games. I thought the five of you did outstanding work: five is usually below critical mass for this sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI do think the theater game activities work well in getting more students involved in discussion. Some of the quieter students really blossom when they get a chance to present ideas in this way.
ReplyDeleteYou are right: there is occasionally a tendency to push beyond the PG level, especially since so much of what passes for "humor" on television is inappropriate for the classroom. Theater games might be a way of encouraging students to see humor in G/PG subjects. Hadn't thought about that, but, if so, that would be another plus.
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