History of Drama in Education and Theatre with Children 1

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The aim of the course is a knowledge of the basic types and directions of drama training from the turn of the 19th to 20th century until the present and an introduction to the oldest phases of children's and youth theatre and their various forms and functions. Another goal is the develpment of abilities and skills in analysis of various types and concepts of drama training and to uncover their possible applications in the work of the students.

Mode of study:

Discussion, written and media recording sample analyses, screenings, student presentations based on study literature.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

This instructions is linked to acquired experience with various types of drama training, particularly the instruction in „Practikum DV“, managed projects and knowledge from participating various reviews and workshops (particularly Children's theatre). The students are required to have a knowledge of the literature of the Drama training, education and theatre studies fields. Part of the course is a systematic monitoring of the development of the field and particular sources based on the field literature and other materials.

Course contents:

> Children in the service of theatre and the theatre in the service of education and training:

- Children and youth and liturgical and educational theatre in the Middle-ages and after the Renaissance.

- Jesuit and Piarist educational theatre.

- Jan Amos Komensky and his „education through play“.

- The Enlightenment and the end of educational theatre.

> The Pre-Romantic and Romantic and children's theatre:

- Countess de Genlis and her Education theatre (théatre d' éducation).

- Revival drama for children in the Czech lands; Matěj Jozef Sychra.

> Children's theatre as a means of edification and national consciousness:

- František Pravda.

- Children's performances in the Prozatím Theatre and it critical renown.

- The end of the century and the stage fairy tale trend.

> Drama training in the Century of the child:

- Reform educators and drama training.

- Henry Caldwell Cook and „The Play Way“.

- „Creative drama“ of Winifred Ward - birth of modern drama training. „Playmaking“ Geraldine Brian Siks.

- The personality of Miloslav Disman, his concept of drama training and the influence of his work on the genesis of modern Czech drama training.

> Drama training in the second half of the 20th century:

- Investigating natural children's theatre phenomena: Peter Slade.

- Drama plays as a meand of personality development: Brian Way.

- Viola Splin and her „Theatre Games“.

- Constituted modern Czech drama training in the 1960s.

- Theatre played by children reflected in a national review of children's theatre and recitation from the end of the 1960s. Reviews and workshops of middle-school theatre.

> New forms of drama training in the last quarter of the 29th century:

- „Revolution“ Dorothy Heathcote.

- Structured drama work in a so-called process (educational) drama.

- Drama training in education - changes in the field reflected in the basic programs and other curricular documents of the 1980s.

- Drama training and drama therapy.

- Theatre in training and education; participatory theatre.

- Improvisation leagues (so-called theatre sports).

Recommended or required reading:

BROCKETT, Oscar G. Dějiny divadla. Přel. Milan Lukeš a Zdena Benešová. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny; Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1999. 948 s. Přel. z: History of the Theatre. ISBN 80-7008-096-5 (Divadelní ústav). 80-7106-364-9 (Lidové noviny).

ČERNÝ, František (ed.). Dějiny českého divadla I, II, III, IV. Praha: Academia, 1968, 1969, 1977, 1983. 428, 432, 660, 708 s.

MACHKOVÁ, Eva. Úvod do studia dramatické výchovy. 2., upravené vyd. Praha: NIPOS, 2007. 198 s. ISBN 978-80-7068-207-4.

---. Metodika dramatické výchovy: zásobník dramatických her a improvizací. 11., upravené vyd. Praha: Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku, 2007 [1978]. 156 s. ISBN 978-80-901660-9-0.

PROVAZNÍK, Jaroslav. Děti a loutky: Chrudimské kapitoly moderního dětského divadla. Praha: AMU, Divadelní fakulta, KVD, 2007. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-7331-111-7.

PROVAZNÍK, Jaroslav (ed.). Dítě mezi výchovou a uměním: Dramatická výchova na přelomu tisíciletí. Příspěvky z konference o dramatické výchově, kterou roku 2007 uspořádaly katedra výchovné dramatiky Divadelní fakulty Akademie múzických umění v Praze a Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku. Praha: Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku ve spolupráci s katedrou výchovné dramatiky DAMU, 2008. 220 s. ISBN 978-80-903901-2-6.

---. Dramatická výchova a dítě v bludišti dnešního světa. Praha: Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku, 2001. 164 s. ISBN 80-901660-4-0.

ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Kateřina. České divadlo pro děti v první polovině 19. století. Praha, 2011. 79 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.). Akademie múzických umění v Praze, Divadelní fakulta, katedra výchovné dramatiky.

VALENTA, Josef. Metody a techniky dramatické výchovy. 3., upr. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2008. 352 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1865-1.

ZYMONOVÁ, Helena. Dějiny tvořivého dramatu - pohled z USA. Tvořivá dramatika. 1996, roč. VII, č. 3, s. I-XVI. ISSN 1211-8001.

Divadelní výchova. 1964-1974. Praha: ÚDLUT, později ÚKVČ.

Tvořivá dramatika. Vydává NIPOS-pracoviště ARTAMA ve spolupráci se Sdružením pro tvořivou dramatiku a katedrou výchovné dramatiky DAMU. 1990-, roč. 1, č. 0-. Praha: NIPOS-pracoviště ARTAMA. 3x ročně. ISSN 1211-8001.

Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. Published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 1996-, vol. 1, no. 1-. Abingdon (UK): Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis. 3x ročně. ISSN 1356-9783.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on: class participation, completion of the course paper, presentation.

During the semester independent study of professional literature and participation in class discussions is required.

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