Getting the Buggers Into Drama - by Sue Cowley (Paperback)

About the Book

This fascinating guide is perfect for the specialist drama teacher and those interested in using drama to help them deliver other areas of the curriculum.

Book Synopsis

Getting the Buggers into Drama featured in Junior Education Plus' 2009 '10 of the best drama resources'!

This wonderfully accessible and practical guide provides a range of effective strategies for teaching drama. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley demonstrates how drama can make lessons across the curriculum more interesting and engaging. This fascinating guide is aimed both at the specialist drama teacher and at those who are interested in using drama to help them deliver other areas of the curriculum. It will also be particularly helpful to staff at primary level who have found themselves lumbered with "putting on the school play"!

Review Quotes

"Sue Cowley shows how teachers can use drama to make lessons - of any subject - more interesting. She's particularly strong on vocal warm-ups, original ideas for getting started and themes for drama"--Sanford Lakoff

"The practical title offers stratagies for teaching drama and also looks at using drama to make lessons more engaging across the curriculum... There are lots of ideas within the title and ample material"--Sanford Lakoff

"Whether you are a drama specialist or you just want to brush up on your teaching techniques, this book has plenty of suggetions and effective strategies to make your drama lessons more enjoyable and engaging"--Sanford Lakoff

"Written in her usual informal style, which addresses the teacher directly, this is a very useful addition to the professional library of any school, and should be particularly helpful to inexperienced or nonspecialist staff both in primary and lower secondary settings." Reviewed by Michael Lockwood in School Librarian, Spring 2008.

Author mentioned book in her article in Teach Primary, 1st March 2009

About the Author

Sue Cowley is an expert on behaviour management, and on creative approaches to teaching and learning. She has written numerous bestselling education and parenting books, which have been translated and published around the world. Sue has written for many teaching publications, including the TES and Nursery Education, and she had her own series, 'Manage that Class' on Teachers TV. Sue has also appeared in front of the Education Select Committee, as an expert witness on behaviour in schools. She now works internationally as a trainer and presenter, as well as volunteering in education settings in the UK to ensure that her advice and practice remains relevant to teaching today.