Educational theatre
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The Educational role of Drama, Theatre, and Performance
Educational theatre, also called Pedagogic theatre, is a general term that refers to any kind of drama theatre or performance used to teach, or in an educational/pedagogic context. There have been many forms of this, from different schools of thought.
Some of the more important are:
Educational Drama
Drama in Education (DIE)
This also referred to as Creative Dramatics in the USA (See Nelly McCaslin for example)
Theatre in Education (TIE)
Related forms are
The Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Drama, Theatre and Health
- Examples: Health Education Theatre Project. A developmental theatre project undertaken under the auspices of the Ford Foundation in rural Transkei and Zululand (now Kwa-Zulu) by Barney Simon and black nurses in 1973. [See Simon, 1974, Kruger 1999], * Heart to Heart by the Storyteller Group. A workshop based project utilizing role-play and the theatrical and conscientizing techniques pioneered by Boal and others to develop a rural love story which can explore social and health issues. The project also produced two published texts in the form of graphic romances. Developed with school children by Patricia Watson of the Storyteller Group and a researchers over an extended period from 1991-1996, with the two comics or graphic texts (Dream Love , developed 1991 and True Love, developed 1993) being published in 1994 (revised 1996) by The Storyteller Group. *
AIDS awareness
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