[1][2] Canadian academics Monica Prendergast and Juliana Saxton describe TIE as "one of the two historic roots of applied theatre practice".
[citation needed] Theatre in Education: A professional team of trained and experienced actor-teachers prepares materials, projects, and experiments to be presented in schools.
TIE programmes often involve more than one visit, are usually devised and researched by the team/teachers, and are for small groups of one or two classes of a specific age.
[example needed] Many theatre companies using TIE start from a strong left-wing or didactic approach to their subject matter, questioning societal ideas and values.
Including audience involvement and frequent narration, productions will explore issues from different viewpoints to demonstrate the effect of an action on a range of people.
[4] Supported by resource materials, TIE productions can be designed to stimulate reaction and participation from small audiences through role-play and debate.
For very young children, the production can be based on the traditional story, allowing a range of follow-up activities.
For adults, some additional dramatizing activities may be added, for example, learning parenting skills or preparing for employment.
[4] The Role of Teacher [6] As an alternative to knowledge dissemination, memory-based teaching, Drama games and fun during lessons leads to better engagement.
Instead of lecturing, the teacher in the TIE setting can become a conceptual artist who moulds knowledge, feelings, thoughts, sensations, and experience into an active and stimulating educational process.
Due to this and closer interpersonal interaction, the process can lead to more clashes compared to traditional class teaching.