Educational drama is being transformed by the technology of our screen-mediated world. The everyday use of computers, mobile phones, videogames and television is changing young people's perceptions of what drama is and how it works. "Real Players" brings together the performance world of educational drama and the real world digital environment of internet, DVD, cell phones, and multi player gaming young people inhabit today. Case studies in primary and secondary schools are drawn from North America, Europe and Australia. They illustrate the dramatic conventions drama teachers can bring to using interactive and online performance in their classrooms. Role-based performance spaces are developed to critique these technologies and develop electronic literacy through dramatic action. Teachers and others working in drama will find this exploration of a new dimension of drama compelling and professionally enriching. The book will also be of interest to teachers of ICT.
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Michael Anderson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney, Australia. His research and teaching concentrates on how arts educators begin, evolve and achieve growth in their careers and how students engage with arts and technology to learn and create in arts education. This work has evolved into a progr
More about David CameronMichael Anderson is Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Julie Dunn is Associate Professor of Drama and Applied Theatre at Griffith University, Australia.
