The Second City guide to improv in the classroom : using improvisation to teach skills and boost learning / Katherine S. McKnight and Mary Scruggs.

Author: McKnight, Katherine S. (Katherine Siewert).

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008.

ISBN: 9780787996505 (alk. paper)
0787996505 (alk. paper)

Description: xiv, 185 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Jossey-Bass teacher

Subject: Creative teaching.
Education Experimental methods.
Active learning.
Improvisation (Acting).

Notes: "Grades K-8"--Cover.

Contents: It begins with play -- Improvisation as a pedagogical tool for engaged learning -- Literacy learning and improvisation -- Explanation of improvisation exercises -- Skills and teaching -- Engaged students in learning.