Reimagining Shakespeare Education: Teaching and Learning through Collaboration

Shakespeare education is being reimagined through collaborative projects worldwide, explored in this book. Twenty partnerships across the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Europe, and South America are critically examined, highlighting diversity, equality, identity, incarceration, disability, community, and culture as key factors. The chapters offer insights into teaching, learning, and experiencing Shakespeare in collaboration, showcasing complex and humane approaches to Shakespeare education.

Format: Hardback
Length: 370 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Shakespeare education is undergoing a global transformation, and this book explores the vital role of collaborative projects in this remarkable shift. By examining over twenty innovative Shakespeare partnerships across the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Europe, and South America, the authors shed light on the significance of working together to teach, learn, and experience Shakespeare.

The book is organized into thematic sections that cover various aspects of collaborative Shakespeare education, including engagement with schools, universities, the public, the digital realm, and performance. Within these chapters, readers gain vivid insights into what it means to collaborate in teaching, learning, and experiencing Shakespeare, emphasizing the importance of diversity, equality, identity, incarceration, disability, community, and culture.

These initiatives demonstrate the complexity and humanity of Shakespeare education, showcasing how it can be both enriching and transformative for individuals and communities. Whether one is interested in practical applications or theoretical frameworks, this collection offers a wealth of rich, inspiring, and informative perspectives on Shakespeare education in our contemporary world.

Weight: 662g
Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108478670