Overview
- Lays out Marjorie Barstow’s ideas about, and practice of, teaching in a logical and progressive fashion
- Discloses Marjorie Barstow’s alignment with John Dewey
- Champions a pioneering American female educator who weathered a great deal of criticism during her teaching life
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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F. M. Alexander and Marjorie Barstow
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Dewey’s Principles in Barstow’s Teaching
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Integration
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on the teaching and philosophy of the pioneering performing arts teacher and educator Marjorie Barstow. She is one of the best and brightest exponents of the Alexander Technique (AT), an approach to awareness and movement widely deployed and valued in the performing arts and outside artistic circles. By comparing her approach to the educational philosophy of John Dewey, this book resurrects Marjorie Barstow’s name, and gives her pedagogy and legacy the attention it deserves.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Amanda Cole is Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia. She is an Australian performer, researcher/writer and music educator. She has lectured and taught for over twenty years in Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand and Germany. She has won numerous awards for creative projects, research projects and professional learning. Her articles on constructive pedagogy, performance and the importance of the whole have appeared in peer-reviewed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique
Book Subtitle: Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy
Authors: Amanda Cole
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5256-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5255-4Published: 26 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-5258-5Published: 26 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-5256-1Published: 25 July 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 327
Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Performing Arts, Creativity and Arts Education, Gender and Education, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Arts