As a teacher I would like to explore story creation with students. I want to guide them in creating and dramatizing their own plays. I've been thinking about learning and how we can engage students more fully in the subject matter. I've started to think about the democratization of learning. I think we should give students more choice in how they study and how they learn. I've also been thinking a lot about literacy.
What if we could create special literacy programs that assisted students in telling stories from their cultural background? In the future I would like to teach students how to create their own plays. I think new immigrants and first nations students would have the most to gain from this type of program. The entire class would engage in the creation of the plays. They would be playwrights and performers. I would lead them through the process of designing their production. The stories would be theirs. They would matter and would be relevant to them. I would challenge them to develop complex ideas and to express themselves fully.
My love of theatre is something that I want to share with the next generation of students. I'm not interested however in studying the same dusty old plays. Theatre has a rich history that occasionally bogs it down. It can be unapproachable or arcane. The art form can be a vital tool of expression in the community. For that to happen it needs to be taught in that way. Theatre should be approached from a community perspective. It is one of the most accessible form of expression and can be used to bring communities together.
Theatre has been eclipsed by film. It's continued existence must be differentiated from that of the silver screen. Theatre productions must tackle things that film cannot. This is why it needs to be local. Theatre can be used to express the ideas of our community and nurture our local artists. It needs to be accessible.
What if we could create special literacy programs that assisted students in telling stories from their cultural background? In the future I would like to teach students how to create their own plays. I think new immigrants and first nations students would have the most to gain from this type of program. The entire class would engage in the creation of the plays. They would be playwrights and performers. I would lead them through the process of designing their production. The stories would be theirs. They would matter and would be relevant to them. I would challenge them to develop complex ideas and to express themselves fully.
My love of theatre is something that I want to share with the next generation of students. I'm not interested however in studying the same dusty old plays. Theatre has a rich history that occasionally bogs it down. It can be unapproachable or arcane. The art form can be a vital tool of expression in the community. For that to happen it needs to be taught in that way. Theatre should be approached from a community perspective. It is one of the most accessible form of expression and can be used to bring communities together.
Theatre has been eclipsed by film. It's continued existence must be differentiated from that of the silver screen. Theatre productions must tackle things that film cannot. This is why it needs to be local. Theatre can be used to express the ideas of our community and nurture our local artists. It needs to be accessible.