Pedagogy and Psychology of Dramatic Playing 1

Tutor:

Josef VALENTA

Synopsis:

A single semester required course focused on the study of drama games and theatre/drama as a tool of education. The course also deals with anthropological phenomena concepts (generally accepted) in conceptual tools in humanities fields and fields dealing with theatre and drama. The course is also devoted to the characteristics of drama training in comparing it with other play systems.

Prerequisites:

Students are required to have basic knowledge of the theory and practice in issues of the educational potential of the aforementioned phenomena.

Working on analyses of selected methods.

Additional active participation.

Study Objectives:

The goal is to understand the theory and practical foundations of educational tool of drama training (particularly the educational aspect of drama games) and use that understanding for practical use in developing a person's drama potential.

An additional goal is to know the differences between drama training and other interactive education systems and other aesthetic training.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

Drama and theatre as a means of education.

Drama and theatre as parts of extra-theatre drama.

Educational potential of varous types of drama and types of theatre.

Interactive education systems and the place of drama games in those systems.

Terminology of laic psychology, social sciences (general) and theatre studies, drama and training and education.

Syllabus:

Drama and theatre as a means of education.

- definition of these phenomena and introduction to the education viewpoint of it.

Drama and theatre as parts of extra-theatre drama.

- ethology, socio-biology, communcation theory, etho-education, etc, about theatre and drama as principles of our existence.

Educational potential of varous types of drama and types of theatre.

- by what means and how drama and theatre form a part of our personality (practical)

Interactive education systems and the place of drama games in those systems.

- comparative analysis of educational activities in practice; drama games as tools of education outside of drama training.

Terminology of laic psychology, social sciences (general) and theatre studies and drama and education

- various (fundamental concepts) approaches to the presentation of fundamental existential phenomena.

Study materials:

BRAUN, Kazimierz

1979 Druga reforma teatru?; přel. Jiří Vondráček, Druhá divadelní reforma? (Praha: Divadelní ústav-Městská knihovna-AMU-JAMU, 1993)

CAILLOIS, Roger

1958 Les Jeux et les Hommes; přel. Nina Vangeli, Hry a lidé (Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1998)

CÍSAŘ, Jan

1989 Vývoj divadelního jazyka (České Budějovice: KKS)

2000 Člověk v situaci (Praha: Institut sociálních vztahů)

GOFFMAN, Erving

1959 The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life; přel. Milada McGrathová, Všichni hrajeme divadlo (Praha: Studio Ypsilon)

MACHKOVÁ, Eva

1998 Úvod do studia dramatické výchovy (Praha: IPOS-ARTAMA)

MORGAN(OVÁ), Norah-SAXTON(OVÁ), Juliana

1987 Teaching drama. A mind of many wonders; přel. Helena Zymonová a Jaroslav Provazník, Vyučování dramatu. Hlava plná nápadů (Praha: Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku, Praha, 2001)

VALENTA, Josef

1995 Kapitoly z teorie výchovné dramatiky (Praha: ISV nakladatelství)

1998 Metody a techniky dramatické výchovy (Praha: Agentura STROM-Jana Hrubá - 2. vydání)

1999 Dramatická výchova a sociálně psychologický výcvik (srovnání systémů) (Praha: ISV nakladatelství)

VALENTA, Milan

2001 Dramaterapie (Praha: Portál - 2. vyd.)

VOSTRÝ, Jaroslav

1998 O hercích a herectví. (Praha: Achát)

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský dramatická výchova (compulsory subject)