The Role of Theater Education in Business
The Role of Theatre
Education in Business
What Can You "Do" with the knowledge learned from Theatre Education?
PLENTY!
Two Types of Jobs
Professional Work – that requires special training in law school, medical school, architecture school, and so forth, and
Trait-Oriented Work – for which employers seek workers with special traits, such as communications skills, imagination, reasoning ability, and sound judgment.
- John Munschauer,
Jobs for English Majors and Other Smart People
Theatre
Business
• Oral Communication Skills
• Creative Problem Solving
• Ability to Learn Quickly and Correctly
• Ability to Work Independently
• Respect for Colleagues
• Respect for Authority
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Ability to Work Under Pressure
• Self-Confidence
"The future of our nation depends on our ability to create-and to be creative. During the coming decades our most important national resources will be human resources. If our nation is to continue to meet the challenges of the future, today 's schools need to develop creative leaders."
From Performing together: The Arts and Education, jointly published by The American Association of School
Administrators, The Alliance for Education and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjgvc28h7s
Works Cited
Buchanan, M., nd. Why Teach Drama? A Defense of the Craft.
Retrieved from http://www.childdrama.com/why.html
Dunham, L., Freeman, R.E., (2000).Leadership Lessons from the
Theatre. Organizational Dynamics, 29 (2) 108-122. Retrieved from http://it.darden.virginia.edu/leadershipandtheater/docs/ThereIsBusinessLikeShowBusiness.pdf Andrea., Dashe & Thompson., (2011, August 22) Instructional Design Lessons from the
World of Theatre. Retrieved from http://www.dashe.com/blog/subject-matter-experts/instructional-design-lessons-from-the-world-of-theatre Catron, L., nd. The Advantages Theatre Majors Have For All Jobs.
Education in Business
What Can You "Do" with the knowledge learned from Theatre Education?
PLENTY!
Two Types of Jobs
Professional Work – that requires special training in law school, medical school, architecture school, and so forth, and
Trait-Oriented Work – for which employers seek workers with special traits, such as communications skills, imagination, reasoning ability, and sound judgment.
- John Munschauer,
Jobs for English Majors and Other Smart People
Theatre
Business
• Oral Communication Skills
• Creative Problem Solving
• Ability to Learn Quickly and Correctly
• Ability to Work Independently
• Respect for Colleagues
• Respect for Authority
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Ability to Work Under Pressure
• Self-Confidence
"The future of our nation depends on our ability to create-and to be creative. During the coming decades our most important national resources will be human resources. If our nation is to continue to meet the challenges of the future, today 's schools need to develop creative leaders."
From Performing together: The Arts and Education, jointly published by The American Association of School
Administrators, The Alliance for Education and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pjgvc28h7s
Works Cited
Buchanan, M., nd. Why Teach Drama? A Defense of the Craft.
Retrieved from http://www.childdrama.com/why.html
Dunham, L., Freeman, R.E., (2000).Leadership Lessons from the
Theatre. Organizational Dynamics, 29 (2) 108-122. Retrieved from http://it.darden.virginia.edu/leadershipandtheater/docs/ThereIsBusinessLikeShowBusiness.pdf Andrea., Dashe & Thompson., (2011, August 22) Instructional Design Lessons from the
World of Theatre. Retrieved from http://www.dashe.com/blog/subject-matter-experts/instructional-design-lessons-from-the-world-of-theatre Catron, L., nd. The Advantages Theatre Majors Have For All Jobs.
Cited: Retrieved from http://www.childdrama.com/why.html Dunham, L., Freeman, R.E., (2000).Leadership Lessons from the Andrea., Dashe & Thompson., (2011, August 22) Instructional Design Lessons from the World of Theatre Pine, B.J., & Gilmore, J.H. (1999). The Economy Experience: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage (1st ed.)