Acknowledgments Preface by John O'Toole Part One - Background and context Chapter One - Strange bedfellows: drama and education by John O'Toole Chapter Two - Curriculum: the house that Jack built by John O'Toole and Madonna Stinson Part Two - Theories and practices Chapter Three - Drama and language by John O'Toole and Madonna Stinson Chapter Four - Drama for development and expression by John O'Toole Chapter Five - Drama as pedagogy by John O'Toole Chapter Six - Civil wars by John O'Toole Chapter Seven - The three pillars of art by John O'Toole Part Three - Drama in action in contemporary curriculum Chapter Eight - Doorway politics: cracking an education system by John O'Toole and Madonna Stinson Chapter Nine - Drama as macro-curriculum: peeking behind the closed doors of drama syllabus development by Madonna Stinson Chapter Ten - The History Centre: a micro-curriculum by Tiina Moore Chapter Eleven - Pasts, present and futures: which door next? by John O'Toole and Madonna Stinson