Methodology of the Theatre with Children and Youth 1

Subject guarantor:

Ivana SOBKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Ivana SOBKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

- Students are able to select methods with consideration of the age and developmental specifics of the children.

- Students conscientiously select lesson types and strategies for individual phases.

- Students are able to consider their own experience, select alternatives, resolve problem situations, work with goal oriented structures.

- Students prove ability to create different lesson types for a theatre ensemble keeping in mind the inherent rules and specifics of creative theatre.

Mode of study:

Media recorded sample analyses, moderated discussion and discussions, implementation of methodic procedures in a group and reflecting upon them, group work on a product.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Students employ knowled from the Dv I, & II Practicals and Didactics of Drama training.

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:

- Methodical work with consideration of chidren's psychological development.

- Working strategies and lesson types

- Stage work or other type of long-term projects with a children's ensemble.

- Independent student performances, reflection upon those performances and evaluation.

Syllabus:

In the first part of the course (first semester) the student will cover working methods with a view to developmental psychology. Theory will be established in lecture examples of particular child age groups and examples though monitoring age group theatre performances. In the second section of the course the student will get to know the various types of lesson for various goals (warm-up exercises, searching for topics, working on characters, use of improvization and drama plays). The third semester will be devoted to long-term work on a particular topic from selection of the subject, searching for content, topics, situations and possible product directions.

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 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Drama in Education (M.A.) (compulsory subject)