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Part 1: Influences and Issues  1.Introduction  2. Early Influences: Rousseau and Froebel  3. Emancipation from Situational Constraints: Piaget and Vygotsky on Play and Drama  4. To Feel with Her Senses Awake: The Legacy of Finlay-Johnson, Caldwell-Cook and Hourd  5. A High Art Form in its Own Right: Peter Slade and Child Drama  6. From Noun to Verb: Growth through English or Development through Drama?  7. Entering the Secret Garden: An End to Romantic Child Centredness?  8. Daring to Speak Its Name: National Curricula and the Current State of Drama Part 2: Applying Theory to Practice  9. Introduction: Working with the Practical Activities – To the Teacher  10. Where Do You Stand? Exploring Your Own Ideological Position  11.From Private to Public Space: Exploring the Art Form of Drama  12. From Phoneme to Word Level  13. Working with Text: Poetry as an Example  14. Teacher in Role: The Department Store  15. Working with Play Texts: Shakespeare as an Example