S.94-69
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
To:
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Senate
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From:
J.M. Munro, Chair
Senate Committee on
Academic Planning
Subject:
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Undergraduate Curriculum Revisions
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Date:
November 15, 1994
Faculty of Education
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS Reference
94-10) and the Senate Committee on Academic Planning (SCAP 94-57) gives rise to the
following motion:
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Motion:
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors the curriculum revisions for the Faculty of Education as set
forth in S.94-69 as follows:
New course:
EDUC 457-4
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Drama and Education."
For Information:
Acting under delegated authority of Senate, SCUS approved the following revision as
detailed in SCUS 94- 10:
Change of prerequisite: EDUC 426, 461, 490, 491, 492
In all cases agreement has been reached between the Faculty and the Library in the
assessment of library costs associated with new courses.
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SCUS 94 - 10
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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New Course Proposal
Department: Education
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Calendar Information:
Abbreviation Code:_EDUC Course No
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457 Credit Hours: 4
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Vector. 400
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Title of Course: Drama and Education
Calendar
Description of Course:
This course deals with theory, curricula and methodologies in drama education. Topics
to be covered will include a selection from the following: aims of drama education;
drama as methodology; role of the teacher in the drama classroom; evaluating students
in drama classes; creative drama; the use of improvisation and storytelling;
incorporating film and video work into drama classses; developing major projects with
students such as choral dramatization, docudrama, anthology,and readers theatre;
introducing scene work, stagecraft, and theatre history to students.
Prerequisites (or
special instructions):
EDUC 401/402
What course
(courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this
course is approved:
2. Scheduling:
How frequently will the course be offered: once yearly
Semester in which the course will first be offered:______
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed
possible? Dr. Sharon Baum (she has been teaching this course as a=
course for the past two years.
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3.
Objectives of the Course:
The objectives of the course are to introduce students to a variety of approaches,
techniques and sources for drama teaching; to acquaint students with pedagogical
issues related to drama teaching; and to have students engage in critical discussion
regarding the theoretical grounding for various approaches to drama education. The
teaching of drama at
all
levels has been mandated by the Ministry of Education and
there is no other course currently existing which deals with drama education. The
course proposed here has been taught as a special topics course for several years.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library
None
Audio Visual
None
Space
None
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Equi p ment
None
5.
Approval:
Date:
_ScUs
Dept. Chair
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,/' Dean
SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 457-4
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DRAMA AND EDUCATION
PREREQUISITE: EDUC 4011402
DESCRIPTION:
This course deals with theory, curricula and methodologies in drama education.
OBJECTIVES:
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To introduce students to a variety of approaches, techniques and sources for drama
teaching.
2.
To acquaint students with pedagogical issues related to drama teaching.
3.
To engage in critical discussion regarding the theoretical grounding for drama
education.
OUTLINE OF TOPICS:
A selection from the following:
aims of drama education; drama and theatre; drama as methodology: the roles of the
teacher; creativity and drama; evaluation; group dynamics; integrating the arts; creative
drama; evaluation; improvisation; storytelling: choral dramatization; docudrama;
anthology; sound collage; film and video; media criticism; reader? theatre; scene study;
stagecraft; puppetry; theatre history; drama criticism.
TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Theatre history project ...........................................................................
35%
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Readers theatre project ...........................................................................
35%
3.
Development of drama unit .....................................................................
30%
Leading warm-up exercises; active participation in class projects
REQUIRED
ThXTS:
Booth, David, & Lundy, Charles
(1985)
Im p
rovisation: Learning Through Drama.
Toronto: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Lundy, Charles, & Booth, David
(1983).
Interoretation: Working With Scripts. Toronto:
Harcourt. Brace Jovanovich
Other readings to be assigned in class.
Drama and/or Fine Arts Curriculum guides for appropriate grade level strongly
recommended
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