This rich collection of readings offers a wide-ranging and authoritative survey of clown practices, history and theory, from the origins of the word clown through to contemporary clowning. Covering clowns in theatre, circus, cinema, TV, street and elsewhere, the author's stimulating narrative challenges assumptions and turns orthodoxy on its head.

Clown (Readings in Theatre Practice, 5)

Literature & Fiction

Davison, Jon

Dramas & Plays

Red Globe Press

Clown (Readings in Theatre Practice, 3)

Professional Values and Practice

The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, understand and demonstrate as they work towards Qualified Teacher Status. Each of the eight standards cover the following issues: <ul>
<li>expectations, diversity and achievement</li> <li>personal and professional values</li> <li>values in the classroom</li> <li>values, rights and responsibilities in the wider community</li> <li>the community of the school</li> <li>professional relationships</li> <li>personal and professional development</li> <li>professional responsibility.</li>
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This practical and jargon-free guide features an extensive range of examples and suggestions for further reading, designed to help those in their early professional development.

Professional Values and Practice: Achieving the Standards for QTS

Business & Money

Arthur, James

Lewis, Malcolm

Business Culture

Routledge

The professional code of the General Teaching Council lists eight new standards, each of them analysed here in detail using questions and activities to describe what trainee teachers need to know, understand and demonstrate as they work towards Qualified Teacher Status. Each of the eight standards cover the following issues:  expectations, diversity and achievement personal and professional values values in the classroom values, rights and responsibilities in the wider community the community of the school professional relationships personal and professional development professional responsibility. This practical and jargon-free guide features an extensive range of examples and suggestions for further reading, designed to help those in their early professional development.

2003 marks the centenary of powered flight with the Wright brothers' flight in 1903. This visual celebration of aviation history in Australia depicts the wonderful ways in which aviation has brought change to rural areas and the way we travel the expanse of our great continent.

Beneath Southern Skies

Lothian

Upper Heyford: Aardvarks and Ravens - Superbase 11

Osprey Publishing Ltd.

This photographic celebration of the aircraft on today's airshow circuit includes classics such as the Fokker Triplane, the Spitfire and the Mustang, and frontline jets like the Tornado, the Phantom, the MIG-29 Fulcrum, the F11 and the Harrier. The photographs include trainers, combat helicopters and the "heavies" - tankers, bombers and freighters - as well as rare shots of the most famous international display teams in action. The text, often using the pilots' and technicians' own words, brings a rare insight into the problems, humour and danger of flying, from the first thrill of going solo to the exhilaration of a modern jet or restored warbird.

Airshow: The World's Classic Aircraft on Display

Sports & Outdoors

Motorbooks Intl

The Clowning Workbook: A Practical Course (Theatre Arts Workbooks)

Using the techniques and insights of clowning, this book draws on original workshops and research to provide practical clowning exercises to develop wider acting practice in innovative ways. The book offers guidance and explanation to key concepts in clowning, including the dynamics of the clown-audience relationship; the relationship between script, text and improvisation; and movement and voice, offering fresh and inspiring angles from which to view actor training. The Clowning Workbook for Actors and Performers is part of the acclaimed Theatre Arts Workbooks series and features its characteristic blend of student-focused exercises with pedagogical tips for teachers.

Clowning Workbook, The: A Practical Course (Theatre Arts Workbooks)

Methuen Drama

Using the techniques and insights of clowning, this book draws on original workshops and research to provide practical clowning exercises to develop wider acting practice in innovative ways. The book offers guidance and explanation to key concepts in clowning, including the dynamics of the clown-audience relationship; the relationship between script, text and improvisation; and movement and voice, offering fresh and inspiring angles from which to view actor training. The Clowning Workbook for Actors and Performers is part of the acclaimed Theatre Arts Workbooks series and features its characteristic blend of student-focused exercises with pedagogical tips for teachers.

The Accidental Saint

Independently published

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