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Informationen zum Autor David Allen teaches biblical studies modules and New Testament Greek at the Queen's Foundation in Birmingham, and is Academic Dean within the Foundation. He has a particular interest in the letters at the end of the New Testament, notably the Epistle to the Hebrews, and is especially concerned that they get a hearing in the life and practice of the Church. Much of his research concerns the way in which the New Testament uses the Hebrew Scriptures, and the inter-textual reading strategies this generates. He is a regular member of the British Old Testament in the New Seminar. Klappentext This book offers an innovative approach to understanding and supporting teacher inquiry groups, Critical Friends Groups, "PLCs," and other vehicles for the school-wide professional learning community. It takes the reader outside traditional sites of professional development for teachers and into the black box theatres and rehearsal studios of contemporary theatre companies. David Allen's book is intelligent and insightful as well as useful in practice. A wonderful read. -- Anne Bogart, Artistic Director, SITI Company, New York City Into an era obsessed with describing and prescribing learning and teaching - often in the most desiccated ways - comes a refreshing book, the product of boundary-crossing research. The explanations of the functions of "Exquisite Pressure" and Cumulative Progression" are alone worth the price. -- Joseph P. McDonald, Professor of Teaching and Learning, New York University This book makes clear the connection that has existed all along between creating theatre and recreating schools as places for learning. For schools and teachers, it will encourage collaboration that is more than merely working together, but is instead constructing meaning together. -- Teri Schrader, Head of Upper School, The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, New York Through his well-researched, wise book, David Allen opens our eyes to the many ways in which the cores of teaching and rehearsing are the same: groups of people in a room, solving problems, building something together. -- Marcus Geduld, Artistic Director, Folding Chair Classical Theatre Company, New York Zusammenfassung This book offers an innovative approach to understanding and supporting teacher inquiry groups! Critical Friends Groups! "PLCs!" and other vehicles for the school-wide professional learning community. It takes the reader outside traditional sites of professional development for teachers and into the black box theatres and rehearsal studios of contemporary theatre companies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Four Moves toward an Artistry of Teaching by Steve SeidelAcknowledgments1: Thinking with the Theatre Arts2: Teacher Learning Groups: Practices, Problems, and Possibilities3: The Theatrical Turn in Teacher Learning Groups4: Collective Creation in the Black Box5: Collective Creation in the Teachers Room6: Exquisite Pressure and Cumulative Progression7: Putting Collective Creation to Work8: From Community to Company: Three Cues for Teacher Learning GroupsAppendix: ResourcesReferences...
