This fourth edition utilizes a practical step-by-step approach to emphasize a progressive technique for learning and teaching creative drama. Designed for teachers of primary school children, it aims to help inexperienced leaders through a variety of activities that gradually become more challenging for both instructors and pupils. It emphasizes materials and teaching methods rather than theories or history.

教育戲劇是自法國教育思想家盧梭（J. J. Rousseau, 1712-1778）的「成人的歸成人，兒童的歸兒童」及「戲劇性實作的學習」兩個概念發展而來的。它自英國扎根、成長而形成了學制內的教學，並影響及世界各國的教育政策。
教育戲劇是運用戲劇與劇場的技巧，從事於學校課堂內的教學方法，它是以人性自然法則，自發性的群體與外在接觸。在指導者有計畫及架構之教學策略引導下，以創作性戲劇、即興演出、角色扮演、觀察、模仿、遊戲等方式進行，讓參與者在彼此互動的關係中，能充分的發揮想像，表達思想，在實作中學習。以期使學習者從美感經驗中，增進智能、生活技能並獲得知識。
本書內容在引介分析重要之教育學家所發展之實作理論與相關國家之教育政策。提供教師在一般藝術教育中，所需掌握之戲劇、劇場及教育之原理與方法，並針對各種不同課程性質與學齡之學習能力，作最適宜的教學。讓教師們應用於課堂中的戲劇表演教學，不但合於教學原理與法律政策之規範，並同時提升學生求知的願望與學習的興趣，圓滿達成教學目標。

《创作性戏剧教学原理与实作》尽量纳人深浅不同的内容，先作原理阐述，再作实例说明，并依动作的程序逐项叙述，教师或读者可针对不同层级的对象，选择采用适宜的教学内容或相似的题材，其目的即在希望教师或领导者能依个别不同的情况与素材，发挥创意，掌握原理与程序，充分地参考、应用并推展。

A thorough exploration of the historical, philosophical, psychological, and social context for the field of curriculum, Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues addresses the curriculum process and issues that influence it and encourages readers to consider how new thinking impacts curriculum deliberation, development, and implementation. A more concise Fifth Edition provides both the student and the professor of curriculum with a comprehensive treatment of the field: curriculum foundations as well as the principles and procedures for conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum. As in previous editions, it provides solid coverage of the philosophical, historical, psychological, and social foundations of curriculum including recent research and thinking in these areas.