A Virginia farmer narrates the story of his family and of the railroad that has shaped the lives and fates of his family for generations, chronicling the history of the railroad through a collection of evocative photographs. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.

STATIONS: An Imagined Journey

Literature & Fiction

FLANAGAN, MICHAEL

United States

Pantheon

All the Classroom's a Stage: Applying Theater Principles to Teaching Techniques

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All the Classroom’s a Stage 
 reveals how teachers can apply theater skills to the craft of teaching and enhance their ability to engage and motivate students, cultivate collaborative learning, and become stronger and more dynamic ‘performers’ in the classroom.\nThis book\nillustrates how to use theater techniques to invigorate the craft of teaching in college classrooms across multiple disciplines. The book shows readers how to explore and apply improvisation, actor-training, and directing techniques to their classroom. By using discipline-specific examples, case studies, and a breadth of theater and teacher-training experience, the book reveals how theatre can strengthen teaching and learning, improve attendance, retention, and students’ commitment to their education and to each other. Whether a new teacher navigating the job for the first time or an experienced veteran hungry for new teaching methods, 
All the Classroom’s a Stage 
 will transform a traditional classroom into a dynamic creative space built on collaborative sharing of the educational experience. 
 Review \nIn All The Classroom's a Stage, coauthors Flanagan and Burnett Bonczek, both experienced theater educators and directors, provide fantastic suggestions on how instructors can improve their teaching craft by applying principles and exercises common in the world of theater. While these suggestions are primarily directed toward those teaching in colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning, the lessons are applicable to teachers of all levels. The theater principles and exercises explored in this volume are a great way to reinvigorate classroom practice, engage with students collaboratively in the education process, and improve the knowledge and experience of emotional intelligence for both the reader and the students with whom they work. The creativity of the processes covered will also help instructors reconsider how they convey information to students and perhaps experiment with methods that are less traditional but more effective. The writing is approachable, fun, and enjoyable. In all, this is a fantastic work that this reviewer highly recommends to anyone attempting to teach in any subject. Highly recommended. ― 
Choice\nReflecting a combined 45 years of its authors' theatrical and teaching experience, All the Classroom’s a Stage cuts to the chase that lies at the heart of both drama and education: the empathetic and imaginative telling of the human story. The great theater of the human experience and memory is hardwired into all of us (actors, directors and educators). We just need to discover how to tap into it. Flanagan and Bonczek have given us the tools to do exactly that. Sharing solid theory and numerous practical and collaborative exercises rooted in years of personal experience (their marvelous “war stories” alone are worth the price of the book!) and resting upon impressive scholarship reflected in the book’s valuable and extensive bibliography, the authors have provided all educators with an inspiring guide for student / learner success. 
 -- Joseph McGraw, adjunct professor of history, Stevenson University\nWhile everyone is fretting about “flipping classrooms” so technology can save us all, Bonczek and Flanagan remind us humanity is the greatest teacher’s aid. Merging the pathos of the theater with the logos of the classroom, they present us with the incredible, imagination-freeing, idea-multiplying, human-connecting power of group storytelling. The true beauty of it? No discipline is immune to the power of ensemble learning. 
 -- Christian De Matteo, English and creative writing professor, St. Mary’s College of California; founder: Tellworthy Creative Writing Services and co-founder, Fugitive Poems\nIf you're looking to ignite your classroom, look no further. This clear-cut guide offers a renewed (and quite possibly brand new) passion for teaching. The clarity of the authors gives co

Arts & Photography

Bonczek, Rose Burnett

Performing Arts

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

All the Classroom's a Stage reveals how teachers can apply theater skills to the craft of teaching and enhance their ability to engage and motivate students, cultivate collaborative learning, and become stronger and more dynamic 'performers' in the classroom. This book illustrates how to use theater techniques to invigorate the craft of teaching in college classrooms across multiple disciplines. The book shows readers how to explore and apply improvisation, actor-training, and directing techniques to their classroom. By using discipline-specific examples, case studies, and a breadth of theater and teacher-training experience, the book reveals how theatre can strengthen teaching and learning, improve attendance, retention, and students' commitment to their education and to each other. Whether a new teacher navigating the job for the first time or an experienced veteran hungry for new teaching methods, All the Classroom's a Stage will transform a traditional classroom into a dynamic creative space built on collaborative sharing of the educational experience.

The Regional Medical Campus (RMC), a branch of the main medical school campus, is a growing phenomenon in the U.S. and Canada. Like a seedling that sprouts in soil distant from the original tree, RMCs often take root in distributed regions that allow for more efficient use of available resources. In recent years, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has called on medical schools to educate and train more doctors to meet a predicted physician shortage across all specialties. Finite resources at most medical college campuses, coupled with the call to train more health professionals, has resulted in an increasing number of schools developing regional campuses to help meet this need. Until now there has not been a good resource that shares common challenges and solutions, answers to frequently asked questions, or best practices and functional organizational designs for Regional Medical Campuses. Like the seedling that struggles to push through the soil, withstand the elements, and eventually blossom, the Regional Medical Campus must also frequently overcome multiple obstacles to succeed. These challenges may range from financial to academic to social. The shared goal of faculty, staff and learners at any RMC is that their campus, like the seedling on the cover of this book, will grow, flourish and bear fruit. The Regional Medical Campus, a Resource for Faculty, Staff and Learners is designed to nurture RMC's by providing the pooled experience, insight and understanding of those who are cultivating daily in the RMC garden. -Michael P. Flanagan, M.D., FAAFP

The Regional Medical Campus: A Resource for Faculty, Staff, and Learners

Flanagan, Michael P.

Reference

Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.

The true story of more than twenty years of investigative research begins at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where Dr. Michael Flanagan tells how a chance investigation started him on his journey. 
Dr. Flanagan's research into the fluid mechanics of the brain - including the unique design of the sutures and base of the human skull - led to the discovery of an unmistakable link between upright posture of Homo sapiens and neurodegenerative diseases seen in aging adults. This ''link'' is in the cervical spine which contains key circulatory routes for blood and cerebrospinal fluid flow entering and exiting the brain. 
In a style that is accessible to the lay reader, as well as the scientist, Flanagan explains why his discovery offers important new information and hope for the many millions of patients, family members, physicians, and scientists who are devoted to understanding the causes of - and finding cures for - neurodegenerative diseases of the brain and spinal cord.

The Downside of Upright Posture: The Anatomical Causes of Alzheimer s, Parkinson s and Multiple Sclerosis

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Two Harbors Pr

Michael Flanagan was born in the Bronx, N.Y. and raised in the New York Metropolitan area. He currently resides in Richmond, VA, but is planning a move away from there in the very near future. He can be reached by email at: michaelflan44@gmail.com

Days Like These

Poetry

Luchador Press

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STATIONS: An Imagined Journey

All the Classroom's a Stage: Applying Theater Principles to Teaching Techniques

All the Classroom's a Stage: Applying Theater Principles to Teaching Techniques

The Regional Medical Campus: A Resource for Faculty, Staff, and Learners

The Downside of Upright Posture: The Anatomical Causes of Alzheimer s, Parkinson s and Multiple Sclerosis

Days Like These