title: Dramatic interactions: theater work and the formation of learning communities.
abstract: This article examines the relationship of theater and dramatic study to models of learning communities in promoting identity, diversity, and culture. Theater is an example of how learning community can be achieved and levels of theater use in education are presented as ways in which educators can create ensemble and foster community. Strategies for developing learning communities using the performing arts are provided.
authors.affiliation: National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 14623-5604, USA. BMlNCI@rit.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meath-Lang
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003638:Deafness; D004324:Drama; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D012649:Self Concept