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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Invoking Viola Spolin: Improvisational Theater, Side-Coaching, and Leading Discussion
- Source: English Journal, Volume 105, Issue 5, May 2016, p. 23 - 28
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- 01 May 2016
Abstract
The author describes how the central principles of improvisational theater align with the facilitation of whole-class discussion, and how Viola Spolin’s framework for “sidecoaching”—the instructional practice of providing immediate, public, verbal feedback during a rehearsal—can inform discussion leadership.
© 2016 by the National Council of Teachers of English