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Young, Chase; Durham, Patricia; Rasinski, Timothy Victor; Godwin, Amber; Miller, Melinda – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This sequential explanatory analysis reports on the observed differences in growth on decoding, word knowledge, and reading comprehension between second grade males and females after participating in a readers theater treatment or business as usual instruction. The quantitative results revealed that males made greater gains than females in the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Reading Achievement, Theater Arts
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Whitehead, Kay – History of Education, 2021
Focusing on the transnational circulation of ideas about suffrage and education, this article explores the work of suffragist Muriel Matters (1877-1969), and teacher educator Lillian de Lissa (1885-1967). It begins with Matters' and de Lissa's childhoods and education in post-suffrage Australia, and their initial work as an actress and…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Montessori Method
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Okpadah, Stephen Ogheneruro – Teaching Artist Journal, 2017
This study examines the role of "theatre for development" (TFD) as a model for social transformation in Nigeria, historicizing its relationship to "community theatre" while illuminating significant innovations in authorship and participation. In addition, the article explores TFD as a relational and performative process in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theater Arts, Social Development, Social Change
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Saddler, Sarah – Research in Drama Education, 2017
In India's rapidly developing global cities, large multinational corporations implement theater-based corporate training programs that are designed to inspire employees to be more dynamic, aspirational, and self-motivated at work. Offering a performance ethnography of a week-long "Theatre in Excellence" program hosted in Bangalore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theater Arts, Neoliberalism, Training
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Korakoch Attaviriyanupap – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
Cultural awareness is essential in foreign language education. This paper explores two projects that exemplify the integration of cultural elements into foreign language learning involving both first language (L1) and second language (L2) cultures. The first project was initiated in the course "German Cinema". It focuses on the legendary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German, Pronunciation
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Stehlik, Tom; Carter, Jenni; Price, Deborah; Comber, Barbara – Pastoral Care in Education, 2020
The satellite city of Elizabeth, located 30 km north of South Australia's capital Adelaide, was established in the 1950s as an experiment in urban sociological planning, populated with new arrivals and hailed as the 'City of Tomorrow'. By the 1970s, it had declined into one of the most disadvantaged communities in South Australia, with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Music Activities, Theater Arts
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Young, Chase; Mohr, Kathleen A. J.; Landreth, Shelly – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Research on readers theatre has indicated that it can improve elementary students' reading achievement and can be motivating, engaging and enjoyable, even for reluctant or struggling readers. Because of the potential for improvement and the engagement factor, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of readers theatre on young male…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Males, Grade 2, Reading Comprehension
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Li Lan, Yong; Yip, Roweena – Research in Drama Education, 2020
The Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive (A|S|I|A, http://a-s-i-a-web.org) is a digital collection of East / Southeast Asian Shakespeare performances, containing full-length video-recordings, scripts, and data translated between English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean in parallel language interfaces. In conversation with Roweena Yip, I examine…
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Literature Appreciation, Drama, Archives
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Lior, Noam – Research in Drama Education, 2020
Multimedia Shakespeare apps include performance materials alongside Shakespeare's text. I examine two innovations across seven such digital Shakespeare projects: combination of Shakespeare performance with text, and the use of digital platforms to place Shakespeare text and performance literally at users' fingertips. Multimedia Shakespeare…
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Drama, Theater Arts, Performance
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Fox, Madeline – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2020
Performances of research are moments of encounter -- between audience and performer, between audience and researcher, and in the instance of youth-centered critical participatory action research, between adults and young people. This piece considers the form and metaphor of artistic performances of research to interrogate the social constructions…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Adults, Audience Response
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Kvammen, Anne Cecilie Røsjø; Hagen, Johanne Karen; Parker, Stephen – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2020
In an attempt to bridge the gap between the distinct pedagogical strategies often employed in the respective fields of song and dance, this study investigates how collaborative teaching and dialogue can serve as a starting point in finding new teaching and learning methods. This pilot study involving three teacher-researchers and three students…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Dance Education, Teaching Methods, Singing
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Salvarani, Luana – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2018
From its very beginning, the Protestant Reformation adopted the theatre as one of its educational tools. Together with choral music, visual arts, and preaching, Luther, Melanchthon, Oekolampad, and other Reformers promoted both the cultivated school theatre and the popular street theatre in order to spread the new faith, create a community ethos,…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Protestants, Social Change, Religious Education
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Portnova, ?atiana – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
This article is dedicated to an underdeveloped, but a highly relevant aspect of work of museums, first of all, the theatrical ones, namely keeping, studying and promoting the works associated with choreographic heritage. The artistic and aesthetic potential of material and visual exhibits related to the ballet theatre is revealed. All the…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Museums, Theater Arts, Dance
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Allen, David; Laine, Eero – Research in Drama Education, 2018
Theatre artists were interviewed to understand how they conceptualise audiences in relation to their own creative and collaborative processes. The authors identified three modes through which theatre artists engage with audiences: (1) watching with the audience, (2) confronting the audience, and (3) creating a community of practice/knowledge. This…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Audiences, Teaching Methods, Artists
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Hopfinger, Sarah – Research in Drama Education, 2018
This article explores how intergenerational performance ecology might distinctively contribute to developing an ecological performance practice. It focuses on a practice-led research project, "Wild Life"--a collaboration with professional and nonprofessional child and adult performers. Drawing on critical perspectives in ecology and…
Descriptors: Performance, Adults, Children, Intergenerational Programs
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