Methodology of the Theatre with Children and Youth 1

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Subject guarantor:

Ivana SOBKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Ivana SOBKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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

- Students consciously select a strategy and type of lesson in individual phases of their work.

- Students are able to reflect upon their own experience, select alternative paths, resolve problematic situations, actively work in target structures.

- Students demonstrate ability to create different types of lessons for a theatre ensemble with consideration of the inherent rules and special characteristics of creative theatre.

Mode of study:

Media sample analysis, moderated discussion and discussion, implementation of methodological procedure with a group and its review, group work on the product.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Students employ knowledge from courses Drama training Practical I, II and Didactics of drama training.

Course contents:

Curriculum:

- Methodic work in relationship to psychological development of the children.

- Strategies and types of lessons.

- Working on the stage form or other types of long-term projets with a children's ensemble.

- Independent progress of the students and the reflection upon and evaluation of it.

Syllabus:

In the first part of the course (first semester) the students will deal with methodic work from the viewpoint of developmental psychology. Confirmation of theory will accompany samples of lessons for particular age groups of children and samples of theatre performances of the considered age group. In the second part of the course the students will be introduced to various lessons with various aims (preparatory exercises, searching for a topic, working on characters, use of improvisation and drama plays). The third seminar will be devoted to long-term continued work on a particular topic from the selection of the subject matter, to the search for content, topics, situations while moving towards the final 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.

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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Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

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Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans:

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