Emerson thesis -- Theatre education
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Identify : an exploration of intersectional identity through image theatre, 2015
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Identifier: te_2015spring_fuqua_lydia.pdf
Overview
"The purpose of this study is to utilize drama based pedagogies to examine the concept and understanding of individual, collective, and societal identity in Midwestern teenagers." --Abstract.
Dates:
2015
Illuminating SEL: Creating and Implementing a Social-Emotional Learning-Based Creative Drama Curriculum, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_isotti_victoria.pdf
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"The importance of integrating Social-Emotional Learning into classrooms cannot be underestimated. Utilizing the arts as a conduit to develop these skills is at the heart of the creation and implementation of an original creative drama curriculum through a five-session workshop, with lessons focusing on Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Building, and Responsible Decision Making. This thesis provides detailed lesson plans, examines the outcomes discovered after...
Dates:
2023
Improvisation : a playwriting technique for teenagers, 1984
Item — Item 0113502583538: [Barcode: 0113502583538]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1984
Inside the box : mass media and the lives of adolescents, 2006
Item — Item 0113502799241: [Barcode: 0113502799241]
Overview
One of the greatest challenges in contemporary education is giving today's youth the tools necessary to navigate through the morass of mass media that influences their lives in countless ways. This paper documents an experience facilitating a collaborati
Dates:
2006
Instruction in theatre arts courses for high school students in preparation for a theatrical production, 1973
Item — Item 0113502577050: [Barcode: 0113502577050]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1973
Integrating Emotional Intelligence into the College Acting Curricula, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_neely_janet.pdf
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"Emotional Intelligence (EI) training can be used in the college acting classroom to add depth to learning and provide a concrete vehicle for faculty to address emotions. Along with movement and voice, EI education will create a strong foundation and give acting students the skills they need to hone their craft. This paper will provide support for integrating EI into the college acting curricula and reflections on the implementation of an EI unit into several acting courses. Anecdotal and...
Dates:
2021
Intentional Playmaking: Integrating Sheltered English Immersion into the devising process, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021fall_schreiber_megan.pdf
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"This project explores the planning and implementation of a theatre curriculum designed to serve English language learners and all students. The curriculum adapts and includes Sheltered English Immersion strategies and Sheltered Content instruction within the theatre classroom, using Playmaking and Devising exercises in hybrid and concurrent learning models. Due to the structured supports and equitable access to the playmaking process, throughout the project engagement increased; as did the...
Dates:
2021
Into the woods managing a high school production, 2006
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High school drama productions tend to have certain managerial issues which differ from those in other settings. There are numerous complications regarding the public high school environment and putting on a theatrical production in such an environment. -
Dates:
2006
Invisible women project : the use of the art of devising as a tool for empowering the feminine voice in women, 2017
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Identifier: te_2017spring_snavely_rachel.pdf
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"Devising, a form of collective creation, is a style of theatre used within the field of Theatre Education. Devising is used to create original plays with a group of devisors and at least one facilitator. This thesis explores the concepts of masculine and feminine identities, and argues for the use of Devising as an empowerment of the feminine voice in women. The argument is supported by The Invisible Women project, an originally devised play by a group of Emerson College students who...
Dates:
2017
Journey to Ergo, 1977
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Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1977
Keeping the Drama on the Stage: A Year-In-The-Life of a High School Theater Program During COVID-19, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_ohara_aidan.pdf
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"A year-in-the-life of any lifelong educator is filled with particular and striking moments that differentiate it from the others. Teaching high school drama classes and running a co curricular theater program during a global pandemic is a school year that distinguishes itself from all others. This project follows the story of a drama teacher and his students in a suburban high school outside Boston, Massachusetts. Over the course of 14 months, this high school theater ensemble navigated...
Dates:
2021
LISTEN! Non-hierarchical Teaching and Learning through Co-Created Theatre in a High School Community, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023summer_hamilton_french_leah.pdf
Overview
"This paper discusses and reflects on a devised theater project co-created by the author, a high school theater teacher, and four of her students in the spring of 2023. In addition to a describing the project design and outcomes, it weaves together research on the school-to-prison pipeline, restorative discipline, non-hierarchical pedagogy, and storytelling as methodology with participant interviews and anecdotal evidence from devising sessions and performances to advocate for co-created...
Dates:
2023
"Lovable Roadblocks": How does the accessibility to affordable, high-quality, and available childcare positively or negatively affect the trajectory of a mother's life?, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_cabezud_margaret.pdf
Overview
"This pilot qualitative research study seeks to examine the role childcare plays in the everyday life of mothers. It investigates the accessibility of affordable, high-quality, and available childcare and how the search for and subsequent involvement in various childcare situations connects deeply to mothers' careers and life choices. Data collection consisted of a review of existing research and writing, on-site observations, and interviews with eight voluntary participants. The research is...
Dates:
2023
Making Puppets: An Explorative Study in Remote Theatre Curriculum Creation for Indigenous Communities, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_monroe_helen.pdf
Overview
"This project is an exploration of creating remote, puppet-based drama curriculum for an Indigenous Community school in Ontario, Canada. Using Zoom to facilitate classes, I worked with two elementary teachers to develop eight lessons that gave students the opportunity to design, create and perform with handmade puppets. The result of my research and this project's implementation is a reflection on my experiences that is intended to help educators and teaching artists bring accessible,...
Dates:
2021
Maneuvers : Dance Project: experiences of a coreographer-director, 1984
Item — Item 0113502584049: [Barcode: 0113502584049]
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates:
1984
Mind and body : a health class for hospitalized youth, 2006
Item — Item 0113502799449: [Barcode: 0113502799449]
Overview
A nine week health class curriculum developed to aid the therapeutic treatment process of patients hospitalized on a behavioral psychiatric ward for adolescents. -- abstracts.
Dates:
2006
Money Talks: A Curriculum for Financial Wellbeing and Economic Advocacy Through Applied Theatre, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_smolinsky_carol.pdf
Overview
"This MFA thesis project is a pilot qualitative research study on the impact of Applied Theatre techniques on self-confidence in learning and discussing personal finance topics. The project includes a suggested curriculum for personal finance and devised theatre for teenagers and young adults. Data was collected during three workshops and subsequent participant interviews with Emerson College undergraduate students and high school students in the EmersonTHEATRE program. While no definitive...
Dates:
2023
Moon princess, Kaguya : a multicultural theatre collaboration by Makiko Shibuya., 2015
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Identifier: te_2015spring_shibuya_makiko.pdf
Overview
"This project is about the collaborative work of adapting an ancient Japanese folk tale, "The Moon Princess, Kaguya" into a theatrical production." --Abstract.
Dates:
2015
More Than Just Song and Dance: Radically Reimagining the Musical Theatre Classroom, 2022
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Identifier: te_2022spring_nadal_zoe.pdf
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"This MFA research study explores the essential pedagogical and methodological components of a critically engaged musical theatre class. The racist roots of musical theatre, coupled with ongoing issues of representation in the industry, present a multitude of challenges for K-12 educators seeking to teach this art form in a more inclusive and relevant way. Critical pedagogy, antiracist educational frameworks and critically oriented approaches to drama education offer educators support in...
Dates:
2022
Movement in the rehearsal room, 2006
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Beacon Charter High School students in Woonsocket, Rhode Island worked diligently in the rehearsal room to complete their winter production of Testing, Testing, by Alan Haehnel. By incorporating movement exercises inspired by various practitioners: Anna B
Dates:
2006