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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786080203321

Autore

Wangh Stephen

Titolo

Heart of teaching : empowering students in the performing arts / / Stephen Wangh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12260-1

0-203-07588-9

1-135-12261-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

790.2071

Soggetti

Performing arts - Study and teaching

Performing arts -- Study and teaching

Languages & Literatures

Literature - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Heart of Teaching; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: What teachers don't talk about; 1. How does learning happen?; 2. The via negativa; 3. Questions and questioning; 4. Listening; 5. Feedback; 6. Resistance; 7. Transference; 8. Cultures of oppression and resistance; 9. Eros et charitas; 10. The broken heart; 11. No mistakes; 12. Power and control; 13. Silence; 14. What are we really teaching?; An afterword about grading; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The Heart of Teaching is a book about teaching and learning in the performing arts. Its focus is on the inner dynamics of teaching: the processes by which teachers can promote-or undermine-creativity itself. It covers the many issues that teachers, directors and choreographers experience, from the frustrations of dealing with silent students and helping young artists 'unlearn' their inhibitions, to problems of resistance, judgment and race in the classroom,. Wangh raises questions about what can-and what cannot-be taught, and opens a discussion about the social, psychologica