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EDUC

THEATRE IN AN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT

(E100)

Lynn Fels

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Office Hours: Arrange by email EDB 8625

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Phone: 778-782-3529

Wednesday 4:30-8:20pm EDB 7610

Prerequisite:

60 credit hours (previous theatre background not required)

Course Description:

This course will explore the learning that happens through theatre-in-education, with a focus on role

drama, playbuilding, theatre for social action, and scripted work.

Objectives

'introduce participants to a variety of theatre-based activities

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introduce participants to theatre as a vehicle for learning and social action

'introduce participants to performative inquiry as a means of research & learning.

Requirements

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In groups, participants will design and/or participate in a role drama and write a reflective piece about

their experience and learning. Collaboration, choice of action, and reflection will be the focus.

2.

As a class, participants will create and perform a play around a social issue of their choice.

Participants will lead or participate in a debriefing circle to discuss their experience. The relationship

between props and metaphor will be explored.

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In groups, participants will write, direct, & perform.a 10 minute one-act play. Participants will write a

reflection of their experience. Relationships, motivation, and hidden agendas and script interpretation

will be the focus.

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Participants will see one theatre piece within the term that will accompany a written critique.

Production values and performance selection will be discussed (i.e. what matters?)

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Each participant will write about a critical moment (Appelbaum's stop) in their experience of the

course, what they learned, and why it matters.

Required Text

Fels, L. & Belliveau, G. (2008). Exploring Curriculum: Performative Inquiry, Role Drama & Learning.

Vancouver, BC: Pacific Education Press.

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