Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Drama in school settings -- Drama as a creative aesthetic learning process to improve reading competence / Aud Berggraf Sæbø -- Putting the EI into drama : it's not as tricky as you might think / Aundraea Stevens -- What did you make of that? : more than just a figure of speech / Brian Woolland -- Role of creative drama in fostering developmental skills of primary school children / Charru Sharma -- Tales from an Irish primary teacher / Helen Hallissey -- Developing social skills in children through creative drama in education / Ismail Güven and Ömer Adigüzel -- Drama, the New Zealand curriculum, and valuing difference / Janinka Greenwood -- Thinking on your feet : a model for teaching teachers to use process drama / Joanne O'Mara -- Lab coats, test tubes and the drama pedagogue / Lizette Stevenson -- Learning through drama in the Scottish curriculum : teachers and learners in collaboration / Marie Jeanne McNaughton -- The History Centre : a community model of drama / Tiina Moore -- Part II : Theatre experiences with children -- Shakespeare, citizenry, and Socratic discourse : transdisciplinary pedagogy : the use of Shakespeare's stories to stimulate personal and social development / Brian Lighthill -- 'The play's the thing' : performance and pedagogy / Mary-Rose McLaren -- 'You are responsible for the whole show, every one of us' : shame, pride and progress in theatrical production in two Hong Kong secondary schools / Matthew Decoursey -- Make our children their own heroes : "the right fighters!" / Michele Chung -- Drama and theatre experiences with young people in the Israeli context / Shifra Schonmann -- Trans-performative theatre : sharpening skills and knowledge in schools -- Conclusion / Charru Sharma.

Drama as a process-centred form is a popular and valued methodology used to develop thinking and learning in children, while theatre provides a greater focus on the element of performance. In recent years, offering drama and theatre as a shared experience is increasingly used to engage children and to facilitate learning in a drama classroom. Using drama and theatre as a central component with children, this book is an amalgamation of theory, research and practice from across the globe offering insights into differing educational contexts.