Encouraging both teacher and student imagination and expression‎,‎ the eighth edition of this classic text helps future teachers integrate drama into the classroom and introduces students to a variety of genres and strategies‎,‎ including mime‎,‎ play structure‎,‎ improvisation‎,‎ and using drama in the special education curriculum‎.‎ Unlike other texts‎,‎ McCaslin focuses on drama as an art form as well as a teaching tool‎.‎