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The descriptions were written by Jean M. O. Fischer and do not represent
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| Weed, Donald L. (Don Weed) |
| This is an edited transcript of 15-plus hours of an introductory course to the Interactive Teaching Method in 1993. This method of teaching aims to retrain the pupil’s manner of thinking and self-direction through the use of concept study, confrontation, group dynamics and experiential, short lessons in activity - a sort of Socratic dialogue where the answer is teased out of the pupil. The author also emphasizes the role of humour and storytelling in teaching and demonstrates his method. |
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Donald L. Weed*
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Four Days in Bristol
- An introduction to the interactive method
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| 1998 spiral-bound, 194+ix pages, A4, Switzerland, 1445 Publications.
Out of print.
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| Transcript of an introductory course to the Interactive Teaching Method. |
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| This is the first volume of a series, “Alexander Commentaries,” and constitutes a part of the author’s Interactive Teaching Method courses. The book annotates almost all of the first 21 pages of F. P. Jones’ Freedom to Change. Two predominant themes in this exegesis are: 1) the need to make words, actions and thoughts consistent with one another, and 2) that we are well-made and only have to prevent interference in order to perform well. |
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Escape From the Monkey Hatch
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| 1997 spiral-bound, 185+xxi pages, spiralbound, A4, Switzerland, 1445 Publications.
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| Annotation of the first 21 pages of F. P. Jones’ Freedom to Change. |
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| Since 1973 the author has used Alexander’s written work in his classes and believes that “a person does not understand something unless they can talk about it easily and well.” The workbook contains 844 study questions and 169 essay questions for selected chapters in F. P. Jones’s and E. Maisel’s books and a chapter from Constructive Conscious Control. The questions are designed to lead the reader point by point through the reading material. In addition it contains “information bits” for the chapters - one-sentence extracts which also function as clues to the answers for the questions. There are 8 self-administered examinations which consist of 15 questions (5 points each), two essays (15 and 10 points) and an extra credit question (5 points). Answers are not given, nor is there judgement on one’s ability as a teacher based on one’s total score. |
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Donald L. Weed*
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The Basic Principles Workbook
- A Self-directed Guide for Study in the Alexander Technique
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| 1991 spiral-bound, 215 pages, A4, spiral bound, Switzerland, 1445 Publications.
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| The author studied with Marjorie Barstow in 1972-75. This book is “an attempt to bring the structure, excitement, and ideas of the Basic Principles class into a textbook format.” The author has studied Alexander’s writings in excruciating detail and discusses over 4 chapters the steps Alexander went through in developing the Technique. Other chapters cover how muscles work, the relationship between planning, thinking, moving and feeling, how habits are formed, the ways in which people limit themselves, the importance of trusting one’s reasoning as opposed to one’s feeling. Contains appendices. |
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Donald L. Weed*
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What You Think is What You Get
- An introductory textbook for the study of the Alexander Technique
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| 1990 spiralbound (1999 pb), 192 pages, 156 x 235 mm, 3rd ed., UK, (GIL Books). 0952632055
In print: Sunwheel books.
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| Westfeldt, Lulie (1895-1965) |
| This is a personal and critical account of Alexander and his teaching. The author relates her own case history (she had childhood polio) and describes her lessons with Alexander, training on the first course, performing in The Merchant of Venice and teaching the Technique in New York. The Technique is described and several case histories are provided. The 2nd edition (published by Mouritz) contains 15 new photographs and 3 new appendices. |
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Lulie Westfeldt*
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F. Matthias Alexander: The Man and His Work
- (Memoirs of Training in the Alexander Technique 1931-34)
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| 1964 hb (1998 pb), 176+xvi pages, 25 illustrations, index, 216x138 mm, UK, Mouritz. 0952557428.
In print: Mouritz.
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| A personal and critical account of Alexander and his teaching. |
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| Wielopolska, Kitty Merrick (1900-88) + Armstrong, Joe |
| Kitty (Catharine) Wielopolska (née Merrick, 1900-1988) was a friend of Lulie Westfeldt who joined Alexander’s first training course in 1931. This interview was conducted in the late 1970s. Chapter One (40 pages) tells Wielopolska’s early history and considers Westfeldt’s comments about Alexander and the first training course in her book, Alexander – The Man and His Work. (Wielopolska largely disagrees with Westfeldt.) Chapter Two (70 pages) relates Wielopolska’s battle with schizophrenia and her Christian outlook. When the schizophrenia attacks abated, she retrained as a teacher with Peter Macdonald 1969-72, and from 1977 until her death she ran her own training course. Chapters Three (8 pages), Four (10 pages) and Five (8 pages) consider, among other things, how to give the orders (e.g. the importance of verbalising them), a broader vision of the Technique, and orders for the eyes. Unstructured and inconclusive. |
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Kitty Wielopolska* + Joe Armstrong*
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Never Ask Why
- The Life-Adventure of Kitty Wielopolska
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| 2001 pb, 158 pages, illustrated, 210 x 148 mm, Denmark, Novis.
In print: Novis.
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| This interview covers most of the life of a teacher who joined F. M. Alexander’s first training course in 1931. |
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| Williams, Peggy (1916-2003) + Park, Glen |
| “In this interview Peggy Williams recalls her experience of first meeting with Alexander in 1946. She recalls the effects of her initial lessons and goes on to describe the difficulties and challenges she faced in her early days of training with Alexander and teaching the Technique. Many interesting insights into Alexander and his technique arise from this personal perspective.” (G. Park) |
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Peggy Williams* + Glen Park*
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An Interview with Peggy Williams
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| 1982 bklt, 12 pages, bklt, illustrated, UK, Glen Park.
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| Williamson, Malcolm |
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Malcolm Williamson* (editor)
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Conference Papers
- 6th International Conference for Alexander teachers working in Music Institutions
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| 2006 bklt, 62 pages, A4 bklt, illustrated, UK, Malcolm Williamson.
In print. Email: Macolm Williamson.
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The Syllabus of Physical Exercises for Public Elementary Schools, London, 1909, HMSO.
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