RSC continues to encourage active Shakespeare in the classroom

Updated: March 12, 2010

Following the government’s announcement of a new teaching initiative, the Royal Shakespeare Company will help young school children mirror rehearsal techniques of professional actors while teachers are encouraged to get their students moving, rather than reading at a desk.  In addition, written and oral assessments developed alongside the lessons will gauge how well students have understood the texts.

Read the full story at The Guardian.

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For further coverage and information on this story, see the Department for Children, Schools and Families website or This is London.

Claire

Claire Kimball is an Editor of The Shakespeare Standard. She previously taught theater and media productions in public school before earning the Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature with a special emphasis in teaching from Mary Baldwin College in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center of Staunton, Virginia.