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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Kate Donelan.
Prerequisite: 33.3 points in Group 2 Drama subjects, including Drama B1, or approved equivalent.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture/workshop/seminar each week; individual and group project work in consultation with the lecturer-in-charge.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- reflect on their previous experiences in drama and articulate their understanding of the nature of drama in education;
- identify those elements which are common to all dramatic experience;
- develop a framework for structuring drama curriculum experiences for school students;
- place drama within a total curriculum and educational context; and
- demonstrate research skills which will enable them to make a critical examination of drama in education.
Content:
A practical and theoretical study of drama in education, which concentrates on developing a critical perspective of drama both within schools and society in general. Emphasis on the further development of teaching competencies in drama.
Assessment:
A minor essay of approximately 2,000 words (30 per cent); a practical drama project of approximately 20 minutes duration (30 per cent); a major essay of approximately 3,000 words (40 per cent).
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