Methodology of the Theatre with Children and Youth 3

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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 knowledge from the Praktikum Dv 1 I, II, and Didaktika dramaticke vychovy courses.

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 in relationship to children's psychological development.

- Working strategies and types of lessons.

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

- Student individual performances, reflections upon them and evaluation.

Syllabus:

In the first part of the course (first semester) the students will be engaged with working methods with consideration of developmental psychology. Theoretic findings will accompany lesson examples intended for particular child age groups and examples from performances by the age group. In the second part of the course, the students will be introduced to various types of lessons with different goals (preparatory exercises, researching a topic, working on characters, using improvisation and drama games.) The third semester will be dedicated to long-term continuing work on a particular topic from selecting the subject matter, to searching for content, topc, situation with potential directions towards the production.

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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Further information:

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Drama in Education - part-time 3 years (B. A.) (compulsory subject)