Improv Theater and Racial Scripts in Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Samuel Tanner; Andrea V McCloskey

doi:10.3102/1882305

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Improv Theater and Racial Scripts in Education: A Systematic Literature Review

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Improv Theater and Racial Scripts in Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Samuel Tanner and Andrea V McCloskey

Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting

01/01/2022

DOI: 10.3102/1882305

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This paper presents the first comprehensive review of research on improvisational theatre and its relationship with education. “Improv” refers to an unscripted genre of theatre in which performers create dramatic and oftentimes humorous scenes. We will present a study that examined the use of improvisation in education between 1970 and 2020. This research surfaced how White hegemonic norms have been central to the use of improvisation in educational contexts, but also revealed the potential of an improvisational turn toward curriculum, pedagogy, and research that resists the Whiteness of an increasingly standardized and oppressive educational climate.

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Title: Subtitle: Improv Theater and Racial Scripts in Education: A Systematic Literature Review
Creators: Samuel Tanner
Andrea V McCloskey - Pennsylvania State University
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: Proceedings of the 2022 AERA Annual Meeting
DOI: 10.3102/1882305
Publisher: AERA
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2022
Academic Unit: Teaching and Learning
Record Identifier: 9984528100002771

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