Theater exercises improve students' professional skills
A faculty member at Paul Smith’s College incorporates improvisation exercises into his business courses to teach empathetic listening, collaborative discussion and flexibility. Most people recognize improvisational theater as a form of comedy, but a professor at Paul Smith’s College in New York sees potential in improv to improve student success. Hospitality and business professor Joe Conto applies the tenets of the approach to his business courses to provide a lab for professional and personal development. In his hospitality courses, Conto uses games to help students build confidence...
Source: insidehighered.com