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Recipient of an Honorable Mention in the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Outstanding Book Awards for 2012. Explores ways undergraduate theatre programs can play a significant role in accomplishing the aims and learning outcomes of a contemporary liberal education. Kindelan argues that theatre's signature pedagogy helps all undergraduates become actively engaged in developing critical and value-focused skills through inquiry- and problem-based learning strategies (learning communities, capstone courses, undergraduate research, and service learning).This book serves the needs of professors interested in joining local, national, and international discussions about how the performing arts, especially theatre programs, aid students in becoming engaged members of society capable of meeting the challenges of a fast-changing workplace; administrators and leaders in higher education who are curious about how theatre programs speak to the learning goals in higher education; and new faculty and graduate students who need to know more about the history and purpose of undergraduate education before joining discussions regarding institutional improvement.

"Kindelan makes a valuable argument for the appropriateness of including theater studies in a liberal arts curriculum ... This book is a call to action: it arms faculty and administrators with information about recent developments in theater studies' pedagogical goals and approaches to liberal arts education that suggest integrating theater studies in a liberal arts program at institutions of higher education. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers, faculty, professionals." - CHOICE '[Artistic Literacy] is an incredible resource and needs to be read by everyone in departments of theatre, both within as well as outside the United States. As well, we feel that this is a book that is utterly essential reading for all deans, provosts and administrators within the university context. [It offers] a masterful marshalling of scholarly arguments concerning the shape of current liberal arts degrees and the ways in which theatre can play a crucial role in reconsidering these going forward and does this in an accessible language and with a structure that opens up to readings by people not as invested in theatre. The book was a pleasure to read.' - Committee of the ATHE Outstanding Book Awards 2012

ISBN: 9781137008503
ISBN-10: 1137008504
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 216
Published: 7th August 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.3  x 1.3
Weight (kg): 0.363