Learning Area Drama B 2 (EDUC91014)

This subject will focus on performing arts education with a focus on drama and theatre production in local, national and international educational contexts. It will examine a range of purposes for drama and theatre within the wider sphere of the performing arts in contemporary education across curricular and co-curricular contexts. Teacher Candidates will focus on pedagogy associated with education-based production and performance-making within educational contexts, including whole school, community based and large-scale productions. Topics will include teaching strategies and structures to devise and produce educational performances, such as school musicals, theatre productions, student-devised works, applied theatre and theatre for young people; techniques, skills and resources for applying digital technologies in the performing arts, new media, movement and theatre design to performing arts projects; performing arts as a focus for interdisciplinary teaching programs in middle school; investigating performing arts teaching and learning through reflective practice and safe and ethical working practices in theatre production. Teacher candidates will plan, implement, evaluate and reflect on performing arts curricular and/or co-curricular projects in a range of contexts.