EDART204-22G (TGA)

Drama in Educational Contexts

15 Points

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Division of Education
Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education

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Convenor(s)

Claire Coleman

Claire Coleman
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claire.coleman@waikato.ac.nz

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Paper Description

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The paper will introduce students to the key concepts of drama and contribute to the development of specialist skills and dispositions required when working with drama as pedagogy or artform.

This 200 level paper engages students practically with a range of drama forms for educational and community settings. Participants will engage with the elements, technologies, conventions, and technologies of drama. This paper will foreground the dispositions required for teaching and working in the arts with a specific focus on facilitating quality drama.

For future teachers, this paper broadens drama skills and provides a foundation for teachers keen to embrace Arts leadership roles within schools.

It provides students with the theoretical and practical groundwork foundational to future postgraduate arts education study.


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Paper Structure

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Students will engage with additional readings and online components in addition to the 8 -day intensive block course during summer school.

Drama workshops will be held on the Tauranga Campus

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the paper should be able to:

  • Identify and apply the key components of drama to create meaning and invite engagement.
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  • Demonstrate a range of skills required for effective arts facilitation including: communication, collaboration, performance, problem solving and negotiation.
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  • Reflect critically upon their participation in drama settings and their personal and professional learning in this process.
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  • Plan and deliver effective experiences in drama for learning or drama as performance.
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Assessment

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Peer and self assessment of in-class process drama exploration 30%

One synchronous online reflective conversation with Lecturer (one-to-one live chat) 20%

Two forum discussions through Persual on prescribed readings 20%

Devising and managing a drama performance or Process Drama work 30%


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Assessment Components

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Peer and self assessment of in-class process drama exploration
9 Dec 2022
No set time
30
  • Hand-in: In Workshop
2. One synchronous online reflective conversation with Lecturer
30 Nov 2022
No set time
20
  • Other: Zoom Chat Video - Upload to Moodle following chat
3. Perusal Discussion on prescribed reading A
23 Nov 2022
No set time
10
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
4. Perusal Discussion on prescribed reading B
23 Nov 2022
No set time
10
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
5. Devising and managing a drama performance or Process Drama
15 Dec 2022
No set time
30
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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Required and Recommended Readings

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Required Readings

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Online Support

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Workload

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Total hours 150

Face to face contact hours 40 hours

Support reading/discussion hours 20 hours

Assessment 90 hours

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