SOk494 Applied drama

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0.6/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Andrášik, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Michovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
SO_DV Drama education projects && SOUHLAS
Part-time study classes are taught in smaller blocks for a total of 8 hours.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In their practice, social educators can apply drama methods to work with various target groups. These can be groups in the field of formal education or lessure time, as well as socially disadvantaged groups seeking for change. Applied drama covers all theatrical forms containing the principle of education, which are used in a specific social context with the expectation of positive change. The aim of the course is to introduce students to chosen forms of applied drama.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to: - define the concept of applied drama;
- describe and explain forms of applied drama;
- compare the approaches of selected authors in the field of applied drama and social pedagogy;
Syllabus
  • I. Psychological foundations of drama education
  • II. Pedagogical foundations of drama education
  • III. Theatrical background of drama education
  • IV. Applied drama as a response to the needs of society
  • Applied drama in the field of education
  • V. Possibilities of drama education in the work of a social pedagogue in school
  • VI. Methods and techniques of applied drama towards the field of education
  • Applied drama in field of theatre
  • VII. Theatre with non-professional groups in the context of leisure
  • VIII. Methods and techniques of applied drama directed towards the field of theatre
  • Applied drama in the field of activism
  • IX. Theatre with non-professional groups in the context of social change
  • X. Methods and techniques of applied drama towards the field of activism
  • XI. Sociodrama as a tool for the work of the social educator
  • Applied drama in the field of health
  • XII. Definition of drama therapy and drama education in the context of the profession of social pedagogue
  • XIII. Methods and techniques of applied drama aimed at health
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
  • SANTOS, Bárbara, Julian BOAL and Augusto BOAL. Divadlem ke změně : vybrané texty k divadlu utlačovaných. Translated by Tereza Schmoranz - Martina Čermáková. [Praha]: Antikomplex, 2016, 101 stran. ISBN 9788090619821. info
  • The applied theatre reader. Edited by Tim Prentki - Sheila Preston. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, xvi, 380. ISBN 9780415428873. info
  • FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. [Chicago, Illinois]: BookRags, 2000, 32 stran. ISBN 9781304556677. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Theater of the oppressed. Translated by Charles A. Leal McBride - Maria-Odilia Leal McBride - Emily Fryer. London: Pluto Press, 2000, xxi, 208. ISBN 0745316573. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion, theoretical preparation, text
Assessment methods
Students continuously submit for each of the topics: an excerpt and an answer to two questions on the studied texts, always 1-3 pages in length.
Náhradní absolvování
In the case of a study stay abroad, it is possible to take the course in an alternative form by self-study. Students continuously submit to the interactive course syllabus for each of the 13 topics: an excerpt and an answer to two questions on the texts studied, always 1-3 pages in length.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/podzim2024/SOk494/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Předmět je součástí profilace Dramatická výchova.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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