Emerson thesis -- Theatre education
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Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:
Intentional Playmaking: Integrating Sheltered English Immersion into the devising process, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021fall_schreiber_megan.pdf
Overview
"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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Overview
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
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"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
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"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
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"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
Overview
"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
My Dramatic Structure: New Artistic Director, Lyric Stage, 2020
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Identifier: te_2020spring_oconnor_courtney.pdf
Overview
"The position of artistic director is one that is much admired but little discussed. For my thesis project, I discuss the uncharted process and challenges in the first four months of being the new Artistic Director of the Lyric Stage Company of Boston. Topics covered include building relationships with a board and the audience, and how those relationships were then tested, strained, and strengthened in the early days of a global pandemic (COVID-19). An article accompanies the paper,...
Dates:
2020
My role as technical director in the New African Theatre Company, 1970
Item — Item 0113502576342: [Barcode: 0113502576342]
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:
1970
Myth-drama : an integration of dramatic arts teaching projects in theatre education for elementary school children, 1980
Item — Item 0113502583561: [Barcode: 0113502583561]
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:
1980
National study of the utilization of dramatic techniques in religious education, 1972
Item — Item 0113502575930: [Barcode: 0113502575930]
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:
1972
Nineveh by Zahra Aisha Belyea., 2015
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Identifier: te_2015spring_belyea_zahra.pdf
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Play script and reflection piece on the process of penning the play.
Dates:
2015
No Teacher Left Behind, 2022
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Identifier: te_2022spring_logghe_david.pdf
Overview
"A qualitative research study was done wherein theatre educators of different grade ranges were interviewed about their experiences teaching students with anxiety. The goal was to create a resource of practical advice for handling student anxiety and to illuminate some challenges and gaps in training. Interviews were transcribed and coded for patterns and trends, then conclusions were drawn based on these patterns and trends. The study found that while the national conversation around mental...
Dates:
2022