SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?
Education 488-4 ?

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Education 488-4

SPECIAL TOPICS: DRAMATIC ARTS

(E1OO)

Fall Semester, 1994

Instructor: Dr. Sharon Balm

(September 6—December 5)

Office: ?

MPX 8674

Tuesdays

Phone: ?

291-5828

16:30-20:20

Location: MPX 7610

PREREQUISITE:

EDUC 401/402

DESCRIPTION:

This course deals with theory, curricula and methodologies in drama education.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To introduce students to a variety of approaches, techniques and sources for drama

teaching.

To acquaint students with pedagogical issues related to drama teaching.

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; readers' theatre; scene study;

stagecraft; puppetry; theatre history; drama criticism.

TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Theatre history project ?

35%

2. Readers theatre project ?

35%

Development of drama unit ?

30%

Leading warm-up exercises; active participation in class projects

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Booth, David, &

Lundy, Charles (1985)

Improvisation:

Learning Through

Drama.

Toronto: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Lundy, Charles, & Booth, David (1983).

Interpretation: Working With Scripts.

Toronto:

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich