So220 Applied Drama

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
So220/01: Sat 24. 2. 17:00–19:50 učebna 34, Fri 15. 3. 9:00–12:50 učebna 20, Fri 17. 5. 9:00–12:50 učebna 20, L. Polánková
So220/02: Mon 9:00–10:50 učebna 34, except Mon 22. 4., L. Polánková
Prerequisites
- Teaching of full-time studies takes place regularly every week for 2 hours.
- Combined studies are taught in smaller blocks for a total of 12 hours.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce applied drama, a process-oriented drama in the context of social pedagogy. Applied drama is an umbrella term for work with drama in education, in the therapeutic and community setting, depending on the degree of use of drama with other disciplines that benefit from philosophy and social sciences such as cultural studies, cultural ethnography, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, anthropology.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to define the concepts of applied drama, drama in education; and explain the influence of selected theater movements and pedagogical currents on the form of today's applied drama: , Theater in education and community theater, Freire's pedagogy of oppressed and progressive pedagogy; to propose a suitable method in the field of applied drama for work with various target groups of social pedagogy.
Syllabus
  • Introductory Drama in education workshop. Presentation of examples of good practice eg: Preventive programs at elementary schools through drama. Theater in Education. Theater of The Pppressed with homeless people, with young people in institutional care. Living library with people who have experienced difficult life situations (eg homelessness, domestic violence, addiction). Storytelling with seniors. Puppet as a tool of communication with seniors. Gestalt Theater Therapy in a pedagogical context. Playback theater in the context of war conflict, education. ...
Literature
    required literature
  • Applied theatre : international case studies and challenges for practice. Edited by Monica Prendergast - Juliana Saxton. Chicago: Intellect, 2009, vii, 224. ISBN 9781841502816. info
  • NICHOLSON, Helen. Applied drama : the gift of theatre. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, viii, 196. ISBN 1403916462. info
    recommended literature
  • SALAS, Jo. Improvising real life : personal story in playback theatre : 20th anniversary edition. Fourth edition. New Paltz, NY: Tusitala, 2013, 178 stran. ISBN 9780964235090. info
  • MACHKOVÁ, Eva. Metodika dramatické výchovy :zásobník dramatických her a improvizací. 9. vyd. Praha: Artama, 2002, 153 s. ISBN 80-7068-166-7. info
  • MACHKOVÁ, Eva. Úvod do studia dramatické výchovy. Praha: IPOS - Informační a poradenské středisko pro místní kulturu, 1998, 199 s. : i. ISBN 80-7068-103-9. info
  • FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos. London: Penguin Books, 1996, 164 s. ISBN 014025403X. info
  • WAY, Brian. Výchova dramatickou improvizací. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 1996, 218 s. ISBN 80-85866-16-1. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Theatre of the oppressed. Translated by Charles A. Leal McBride - Maria-Odilia Leal McBride. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1985, xiv, 197. ISBN 9780930452490. info
Teaching methods
practicum, lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12.
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