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 The movement to establish [[DIE]] in schools however met fierce resistance from the Educational authorities in the country under the [[Apartheid]] government, who saw the techniques involved as undisciplined and dangerously political.
-=== Theatre in Education (TIE) ===
+=== [[Theatre in Education]] ([[TIE]]) ===
 [[Theatre in Education]]  (or [[Theatre-in-Education]], acronym [[TIE]]) is a specific yet broad term used to refer to any service approach to the use of theatre and drama techniques in educational settings, e.g. here a a team of professionally trained and experienced actor/teachers present relevant material in schools. This  often involves more than one visit and the programmes are devised and researched by the team/teachers. It is work intended as  an educational aid, providing resources and stimulus for both teachers and pupils. Techniques may include anything from  total participation sessions to a formal performance and discussion. Theatre have been a number of Theatre in Education companies over the years, some inv olved in it full-time, others part-time.

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	There have been many forms of this, from different schools of thought, and various names and a large number of approaches resort under this category of drama and theatre.		There have been many forms of this, from different schools of thought, and various names and a large number of approaches resort under this category of drama and theatre.
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		+	See also '''[[Edutainment]]'''

	Some of the more important found in South Africa are:		Some of the more important found in South Africa are:

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 ''[[Broken Dreams]]'' by [[Zakes Mda]] and the [[Market Lab]]. An AIDS prevention performance which aims at dramatising the consequences of sexual abuse for children. Performed by five professional actors and the children at the several hundred schools they visited, assisted on site by professional and lay community counsellors, the play allows for the audience members to articulate and confront their own experiences. Set up in 1995.*
-The [[University of Stellenbosch]] founded the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management[https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/aidscentre]  in 2000. In 2004 they appointed the former Broadway singer and actor, Mr. [[Jimmy EarlPerry|Jimmie Earl Perry]][http://jimmieearlperry.com/#about], as Director of Educational Theatre and Creative Arts for the Centre, to use drama, theatre and performance techniques to promote awareness among the youth and seek to minimize new HIV infections among them.
+The [[University of Stellenbosch]] founded the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management[https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/aidscentre]  in 2000. In 2004 they appointed the former Broadway singer and actor, Mr. [[Jimmy Earl Perry|Jimmie Earl Perry]][http://jimmieearlperry.com/#about], as Director of Educational Theatre and Creative Arts for the Centre, to use drama, theatre and performance techniques to promote awareness among the youth and seek to minimize new HIV infections among them.
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 ''[[Broken Dreams]]'' by [[Zakes Mda]] and the [[Market Lab]]. An AIDS prevention performance which aims at dramatising the consequences of sexual abuse for children. Performed by five professional actors and the children at the several hundred schools they visited, assisted on site by professional and lay community counsellors, the play allows for the audience members to articulate and confront their own experiences. Set up in 1995.*
-The [[University of Stellenbosch]] founded the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management[https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/aidscentre]  in 2000. In 2004 they appointed the former Broadway singer and actor, Mr. [[Jimmie Earl Perry]][http://jimmieearlperry.com/#about], as Director of Educational Theatre and Creative Arts for the Centre, to use drama, theatre and performance techniques to promote awareness among the youth and seek to minimize new HIV infections among them.
+The [[University of Stellenbosch]] founded the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management[https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/aidscentre]  in 2000. In 2004 they appointed the former Broadway singer and actor, Mr. [[Jimmy EarlPerry|Jimmie Earl Perry]][http://jimmieearlperry.com/#about], as Director of Educational Theatre and Creative Arts for the Centre, to use drama, theatre and performance techniques to promote awareness among the youth and seek to minimize new HIV infections among them.
 = Sources =

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 [[Theatre in Education]]  (or [[Theatre-in-Education]], acronym [[TIE]]) is a specific yet broad term used to refer to any service approach to the use of theatre and drama techniques in educational settings, e.g. here a a team of professionally trained and experienced actor/teachers present relevant material in schools. This  often involves more than one visit and the programmes are devised and researched by the team/teachers. It is work intended as  an educational aid, providing resources and stimulus for both teachers and pupils. Techniques may include anything from  total participation sessions to a formal performance and discussion. Theatre have been a number of Theatre in Education companies over the years, some inv olved in it full-time, others part-time.
-In South Africa [[TIE]] was, like [[DIE]], strongly supported by [[SAADYT]] and the international association [[ASSITEJ]]
+In South Africa [[TIE]] was, like [[DIE]], strongly supported by '''[[SAADYT]]''' and the international association '''[[ASSITEJ]]'''.
 This approach  often has a strong left-wing or didactic approach to the subject matter, and in South Africa was at a time closely allied to the more political and socially involved approaches championed by such radical theorists as Bertolt Brecht's (e.g. in his "lehrstücke") and  Augusto Boal (and his theory of "Theatre of the Oppressed" - see below). This aspect often led to clashes with the authorities and [[censorship]] system during the [[Apartheid]] era. in South Africa the companies often had they cannot be considered as mere tools of the education system. Rather, they act as outside questioners, looking at ideas and values in society.

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 South African specialists included [[Esther van Ryswyk]], [[Paddy Terry]], [[Gay Morris]], [[Lynn Dalrymple]],
-The society also published The [[SAADYT Newsletter]], later the [[SAADYT Journal]] for a while. (Founded and edited initially by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]).
+The society also published The [[SAADYT Newsletter]], later the [[SAADYT Journal]] for a while (founded and edited initially by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]).
 The movement to establish [[DIE]] in schools however met fierce resistance from the Educational authorities in the country under the [[Apartheid]] government, who saw the techniques involved as undisciplined and dangerously political.

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 In the USA this also referred to as '''[[Creative Dramatics]]''' (See the writings of [[Nelly McCaslin]] for example)
-The use of this method was strongly propagated in South Africa in the 1970s-1980s, especially through an association called The [[South African Association of Drama and Youth Theatre]] ([[SAADYT]]), founded by [[Esther van Ryswyk]]. [[SAADYT]] brought various specialists out to present workshops (e.g. [[Dorothy Heathcote]], [[John O'Toole]], )
+The use of this method was strongly propagated in South Africa in the 1970s-1980s, especially through an association called The [[South African Association for Drama and Youth Theatre]] ([[SAADYT]]), founded by [[Esther van Ryswyk]]. [[SAADYT]] brought various specialists out to present workshops (e.g. [[Dorothy Heathcote]], [[John O'Toole]], [[John Norman]], )
 South African specialists included [[Esther van Ryswyk]], [[Paddy Terry]],

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 In some Primary schools it is used as a method to teach a number of subjects.
-In the USA this also referred to as '''Creative Dramatics''' (See the writings of [[Nelly McCaslin]] for example)
+In the USA this also referred to as '''[[Creative Dramatics]]''' (See the writings of [[Nelly McCaslin]] for example)
 The use of this method was strongly propagated in South Africa in the 1970s-1980s, especially through an association called The [[South African Association of Drama and Youth Theatre]] ([[SAADYT]]), founded by [[Esther van Ryswyk]]. [[SAADYT]] brought various specialists out to present workshops (e.g. [[Dorothy Heathcote]], [[John O'Toole]], )