{"product_id":"9780807770658","title":"Teachers Act Up! Creating Multicultural Learning Communities Through Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf teachers want to create positive change in the lives of their students, then they must first be able to create positive change in their own lives. This book describes a powerful professional development approach that merges the scholarship of critical pedagogy with the Theatre of the Oppressed. Participants \"act up\" in order to explore real-life scenarios and rehearse difficult conversations they are likely to have with colleagues, students, administrators, and parents. The authors have practiced the theatrical strategies presented here with pre- and in-service teachers in numerous contexts, including college courses, professional development seminars, and PreK–12 classrooms. They include step-by-step instructions and vivid photographs to help readers use these revolutionary theatre strategies in their own contexts for a truly unique learning experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelisa Cahnmann-Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor of language and literacy lducation at the University of Georgia. \u003cstrong\u003eMariana Souto-Manning \u003c\/strong\u003eis an associate professor of early childhood education at Teachers College, Columbia University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If teaching is performance, as the saying goes, then all teachers have the ability—indeed, the right and joy—to eduACT.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—From the Foreword by \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Saldaña\u003c\/strong\u003e, Arizona State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"By embodying the constraints that teachers face in the classroom and beyond, we witness teachers who begin to problem-solve together and to articulate and frame dilemmas in ways that can help make solutions more evident.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —From the Afterword by \u003cstrong\u003eKris D. Gutiérrez\u003c\/strong\u003e , Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, and President of AERA (2010–2011) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTeachers Act Up!\u003c\/em\u003e provides educators with a safe, critical, and generative space for wrestling with the challenges of teaching across culturally diverse settings. Theoretically grounded, this book offers a unique and compelling model for teacher professional development and its transformative potential.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eCarol D. Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e, Northwestern University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Through play, fun, games, and theater, Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor and Mariana Souto-Manning recapture the joy and energy inherent—but too often forgotten—in teaching.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eSonia Nieto\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I can't wait until our next 'therapeutic session' together. I realize how much our games and performances help every time I am face to face with the ‘surreal’ in the classroom. It does something to my subconscious that helps me take and change things with sympathy and with a sense of humor.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eAct Up! participant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069055615216,"sku":"9780807770658","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807770658_p0.jpg?v=1763738534","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807770658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}