Methodology of the Theatre with Children and Youth 2

Subject guarantor:

Ivana SOBKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Ivana SOBKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

- Students are able to select methodology considering the age and development of the children.

- Students conscientiously select strategies and types of lessons in individual phases of their work.

- Students are able to review their own experience, select alternative paths, resolve problem situations, work with structure aims.

- Students demonstrate the ability to create various types of lessons for a theatre ensemble with an awareness of the nature and particulars of creative theatre practice.

Mode of study:

Media recording sample analyses, Moderated discussion and discussions, Execution of methodology procedures in a group with review. Group work on a product.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Knowledge from Drama Training Practice I, II. Drama training education.

Recommended optional programme components:

Active participation in children and youth theatre reviews. Conducting and evaluation of one's teaching practice with groups of children or students.

Course contents:

Curriculum:

- Working methods related to the child mental development

- Working strategies and types of lessons

- Working on staging or other types of long-term projects with a children's ensemble.

- Independent student performances and their review and assessment.

Syllabus:

In the first part of the course (first semester) the students will go over working methods from the viewpoint of developmental psychology. Theory findings will be linked to lesson examples for particular child age groups and samples of theatre productions watched by age groups. In the second part of the course, students are introduced to various types of lessons with various aims (preparatory exercises, investigating topics, working on characters, use of improvisation and drama acting). The third semester will be devoted to consistent work on a defined theme from the selection of the subject matter, through investigating content, theme and situation with possible directing towards the product.

Recommended or required reading:

DISMAN, Miloslav. Receptář dramatické výchovy. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1976. 148 s.

HORÁKOVÁ, Eva; PROVAZNÍK, Jaroslav. Listování Kaplickou čítankou: Ze zpravodajů Kaplických divadelních let 1979-1984. Kaplice: organizační štáb KDL 1985; Praha: ÚKVČ, 1985. 226 s.

HOROVÁ, Eva; PROVAZNÍK, Jaroslav. 20 kaplických let: Kaplické kapitoly dětského divadla. Praha: Koordinační centrum pro dramatickou výchovu ÚKVČ; Kaplice: organizační štáb KDL; Praha: STD, 1989. 72 s.

KONÝVKOVÁ, Irena. Kroky a hledání při práci s dětským divadelním souborem. Tvořivá dramatika. 1998, roč. IX, č. 2-3, s. 18-23. ISSN 1211-8001.

MAŠATOVÁ, Milada. O loutkovém divadle hraném dětmi. Tvořivá dramatika. 2000, roč. XI, č. 2, s. 1-4. ISSN 1211-8001.

MLEJNEK, Josef. Dětská tvořivá hra. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: IPOS-ARTAMA; Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku, 1997. 152 s. ISBN 80-7068-104-7.

PALARČÍKOVÁ, Alena. Tygr v oku aneb O tvorbě inscenace s dětmi a mládeží. Praha: STD; Společnost Amatérské divadlo a svět, 2001. 144 s. ISBN 80-901660-5-9.

SLAVÍK, Mirek. Cesta k divadelnímu tvaru s dětským souborem. Praha: IPOS-ARTAMA, 1996. 52 s. ISBN 80-7068-094-6.

ŠPALKOVÁ, Dominika. Hra, herectví a děti: Některé zdroje, podmínky a možnosti dětského dramatického projevu v konfrontaci s prvky herectví. Praha. 71 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.). AMU, Divadelní fakulta, katedra výchovné dramatiky, 2002.

WAY, Brian. Rozvoj osobnosti dramatickou improvizací. Přel. Eva Machsková. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 1996. 220 s. Přel. z: Development Through Drama. ISBN 80-85866-16-1.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture, class, discussion, workshop, completion of a method block with review.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: participation in classs, preparation and completion of a team performance - paper, and completion of one's own lesson and performance with a group.

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Dramatická výchova - tříleté kombinované (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)