The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning by McKnight, Katherine S.
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The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning by McKnight, Katherine S.

The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning

Jossey-Bass
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Description

Most people know The Second City as an innovative school for improvisation that has turned out leading talents such as Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey. This groundbreaking company has also trained thousands of educators and students through its Improvisation for Creative Pedagogy program, which uses improv exercises to teach a wide variety of content areas, and boost skills that are crucial for student learning: listening, teamwork, communication, idea-generation, vocabulary, and more.

Author: Katherine S. McKnight, Mary Scruggs
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.21h x 7.06w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780787996505
ISBN10: 0787996505
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching | General
- Education | Teaching | Methods & Strategies

About the Author

THE AUTHORS

KATHERINE S. McKNIGHT, Ph.D., associate professor at National-Louis University and an onsite consultant for the National Council of Teachers of English, is coauthor of Teaching Writingin the Inclusive Classroom

MARY SCRUGGS, is an actress, director, playwright, and educator. She is currently the head of writing and education programs for The Second City Training Center in Chicago.