Theater -- Study and teaching
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
A Chance to Shine: The Long-Term Effects of Participation in High School Theatre Productions, 2021
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Identifier: te_2021spring_stillman_dyane.pdf
Overview
"This study's purpose is threefold: first, to expand the field of research in secondary education through investigation of long-term effects of involvement with extracurricular theatre programs in the adult lives of graduates, secondly, to provide qualitative evidence in service of arts advocacy, and thirdly, to demonstrate the applied theatre skill of devising a playscript from community stories. The study examines elements of arts education research and legislation in the United States in...
Dates:
2021
ACT like a man : performing black masculinity in the classroom, 2009
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Overview
In this project, the author, an African American male performance teaching artist, reflects on a six-week teaching residency with Black and Latino boys in a low-income urban community. The focus of the reflection is on the concept of black masculinity and
Dates:
2009
Athena theatre works : producing tomorrow's leaders, 2007
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Overview
This reflection paper is an overview of the process I have gone through in creating a program for young women called Athena Theatre Works : A Leadership Program for Young Women, as well as my projections for the future of this organization. This program o
Dates:
2007
Blood Will Have Blood: Shakespeare as Inquiry into the World, With the World, and With Each Other, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023summer_pearl-styles_rainier.pdf
Overview
"While William Shakespeare's work permeates the United States education system, scholars debate the benefit. Through qualitative interviews and a review of literature, six pedagogical approaches to liberatory Shakespeare education were discovered and applied to a devising process. A group of unaffiliated adults piloted the co-constructed, devised process, which integrated social-justice theatre techniques with ensemble and community building activities with the goal of creating a performance...
Dates:
2023
Breaking the silence : the process of working with teens on a controversial play in a conservative community, 2004
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Overview
This paper highlights the rewards of working with Salem High School's Gay Straight Alliance in New Hampshire.
Dates:
2004
Confronting Challenges Facing International Graduate Students: The Impact of Using Documentary Theatre to tell Their Stories, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023summer_archer_lemar.pdf
Overview
"Substantial research has emphasized the various challenges faced by international graduate students when adjusting to pursuing academic studies in the United States. This qualitative study examines the challenges and experiences of four (4) international graduate students at a U.S. liberal arts college in the northeast. The study further examines the impact of engaging two (2) international students along with myself in the process of devising a documentary theatre performance to tell the...
Dates:
2023
Connection and creativity : women, girls and their different, natural, theatrical voices, 1992
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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:
1992
Devising to Enhance Acting Technique and Vulnerability with Student Actors of Color, 2022
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Identifier: te_2022spring_dones_elena.pdf
Overview
"This study aims to determine any connection between devising theatre and experiencing vulnerability while practicing acting craft. Two groups of theatre students over two years, at a visual and performing arts high school in Newark, NJ, participated in devised theatre projects. Interviews with nineteen of those students, all of Black or Latinx backgrounds, was compiled and audio recorded between January and April, 2022. The students talked at length about the community-bonding, the freedom...
Dates:
2022
Hands-on Creative Projects in Youth Development: Benefits and Challenges of Engaging Youth in Puppetry and Climate Action, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_huggins_brenda.pdf
Overview
"In this applied theater project and qualitative study, puppetry artist and community arts practitioner, Brenda Huggins, investigates the benefits and challenges of engaging youth in puppetry and climate action in partnership with middle school age students in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. Findings include the capacity for creative thought and multidisciplinary hands-on learning to promote heightened engagement and focus, experimentation and the freedom to make mistakes during...
Dates:
2023
Illuminating SEL: Creating and Implementing a Social-Emotional Learning-Based Creative Drama Curriculum, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_isotti_victoria.pdf
Overview
"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
I'm the winner : a playmaking experience on privilege and prejudice, 2005
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Overview
This paper illustrates the playmaking process based on the premise of prejudice and privilege. -- abstract.
Dates:
2005
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
Overview
"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
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
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
No Teacher Left Behind, 2022
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Identifier: te_2022spring_logghe_david.pdf
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"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
Once More With Feeling:Implementing Social-Emotional Learning into a High School Theatre Classroom, 2023
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Identifier: te_2023spring_frederick_alyssa.pdf
Overview
"Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) provides an important foundation for work in Theatre Education. This Thesis Project consists of five lessons designed to incorporate Social-Emotional Learning in the high school theatre classroom. The Collaboration for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework for Social-Emotional Learning is utilized throughout this Thesis Project, which is conducted in a high school Advanced Acting class. The Project provides examples of different arts...
Dates:
2023
Performing their words : the creation of "No More Tangles", 2005
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Overview
No More Tangles is a play created from original writing by middle school and high school girls. -- abstract.
Dates:
2005
Political theatre as education, 1999
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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:
1999
Practice Makes Perfect: Seeking an Alternate Route to Rote Learning Through the Use of Theater, 2022
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Identifier: te_2022spring_brown_kelsey.pdf
Overview
"Neuro-divergent education can feel like a race against the clock. How can educators get these students up to speed, give them life skills and social-emotional skills, while still providing them with a meaningful education? Educators, specialists, caregivers, and the students themselves, seem to be fighting an uphill battle. This study seeks to examine alternatives to rote learning through the use of theater. A sub-separate preschool class participated in weekly theater lessons for a month....
Dates:
2022