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Haki, Assata J. – Teaching Artist Journal, 2020
The purpose of this applied theatre essay was to observe effects and impacts on older adults engaging in theatre activities and storytelling surrounding the horrors of Detroit's 1967 Riots. Classes were held at the Hannan Center, an organization designed to serve the older adult community offering a variety of services in the city of Detroit. The…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Theater Arts, Story Telling, Art Education
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Dreier, Jenna – Research in Drama Education, 2021
Shakespeare's elite cultural status bolsters the sense of achievement and empowerment experienced by participants in prison performance programmes; and yet, such engagements paradoxically risk further marginalising participants by reinforcing a colonial mentality in which Shakespeare represents an offering from a morally superior white culture.…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Drama, Females
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Walton, Calvin Wesley – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2020
A wide body of research has been conducted which examines the relationship between arts engagement and academic performance for the general population of students in U.S. schools. To date, few studies have been conducted that examine the effects of arts-based learning experiences on African American males' academic performance. To address this gap…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, High School Students, Theater Arts