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Professional Learning Circle #1:
In this session we consider the importance of Drama and Dance in our current, diverse educational contexts.
In what ways are Drama and Dance important and relevant to young people today?
Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions
How well do the Drama and Dance curricula align with 21st Century Learning Competencies?
How might we describe or demonstrate the power of Drama and Dance to an administrator or a parent ?
What do students tell us about the impact of Drama and Dance on their learning?
Why Drama and Dance NOW? .mp4Click above to view and listen to the presentation. Click here to view slide decks only (without narration).
Topic Overview
Topic Overview
This presentation invites participants to consider why Drama and Dance are essential domains of learning for today's students. Christine shares some key rationale cited in the literature. She also shares student feedback on the impact of Drama and Dance on their lives and their learning.
Provocations- Classroom Resource Share.docxClick above to access an annotated list of drama and dance resources prepared by teachers for teachers.
Resources
Resources
Here are additional links to resources referenced in the above presentation:
These two Ministry documents illustrate clear connections and alignment between the Arts curricula and 21st century competencies.
21st Century Competencies, MOE
In this video, artist d'bi young anitafrika talks about the power of our stories. This is an inspirational talk to share with Intermediate and senior level students.
Teacher Megan Hughes shares a unit that invites drama and dance secondary students to collaboratively create work based on a social justice issue of relevance to them.
Reflections on a Docudrama and Dance Project, Provocations Journal
This resource provides a meaningful introduction to the creative process and storytelling practices of Debajehmujig Storytellers.
This 20 minute film documents an international Drama research project, led by Dr. Kathleen Gallagher, The research findings were then used to create and stage a verbatim play, written by Andrew Kushnir.
A Provocations jounral recommendation:
d'bi young anitafrika shares their story though Dance.
An Invitation
An Invitation
Please share a favorite Drama or Dance resource with the Provocations community. Please include the title, recommended grade and a brief description of use in the classroom. Contribute to our growing compilation of resources by completing and sending this Classroom Resource template to provocationjournal@gmail.com
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