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Welcome to Children and Young People! We hope that you will enjoy this module and find it challenging and rewarding.

In this module you will engage in performance and workshop activities for children and young people in formal and informal educational and youth settings, exploring Drama in Education (DIE), and Theatre in Education (TIE).

Module Aims

This module will explore practices used as tools of empowerment with young people and, through exploration of the discourses around engaging young people in performance, you will gain an understanding of who this work is for, by and with. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this module you will be able to: 

1. Critically apply TIE & DIE concepts across educational and community contexts

2. Analyse performances as visual and textual artefacts within a social and political context. 

3. Adjust and apply a range of approaches to performance and workshop delivery in educational contexts in settings of children and young people. 

Workshop Practice (Assessment workshop (week 11) dates 5th Dec / 6th Dec and 7th Dec)

Observation of your weekly engagement in lectures and on your group placement in school. You will work in small groups to design and deliver issue based drama workshops in a year 11 - 15 years age context . A workshop plan will be submitted by each group before the workshop assessment is delivered.

You will be assessed on your approach to practice, your facilitation and co-facilitation approaches and techniques and your attunement to group and individual group dynamics. We will be looking for evidence of your: 

• Responsiveness to the participants 
• Capacity for facilitating and co-facilitating the participation of those involved
• Ability to work as part of a creative team and develop the group creative process
• Sensitivity to issues and social / educational / personal / youth context 
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and learning / physical disability and diversity needs
• Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal) in relation to the participants, the setting and the drama activity
• Capacity to produce a creative response / performance sharing appropriate to the objectives of the youth theatre and project placement.

Reflective Document - 2000 word reflective essay submitted via online submission on moodle at midday on Monday 19th December 2022

A critical reflection on your workshop practice and experiences of research, delivery, performance making and evaluation in relation to your school placement. The reflective document will be constructed from a variety of critical reflections and research made throughout the children and young people module, reflecting on your experiences of: working within a youth & school context; issue based drama work (NSPCC It's Not Ok campaign), workshop techniques and methodologies explored; facilitating & co-facilitating and interaction amongst participants and group dynamics, with reference to appropriate theories of drama education, applied theatre and the wider issues explored within your group. (2000 words).

 Your reflective document may contain: 

• Aims and objectives of the work 
• Synthesis of theory and practice
• Group dynamics
• The creative process
• Examination of current relevant practice (theatre companies / practitioners) in conjunction with your own experience 
• Analysis of the setting and context of your group’s project
• Reflections on your creative processes and concerns 
• Evaluation of the efficacy and impact of your performance/workshop 
• Underpinning of related theories of drama, theatre in education or applied theatre 
• Conclusions that you may draw from the work

Be careful however that you do not over-generalise about the group and treat them as homogenous. It is important to be aware of individual difference and to not write a descriptive essay.

Formative Feedback: There will be opportunities for ongoing feedback after each weekly workshop in school.

Welcome to Performance in Social Context

In this module you will develop your understanding and practice in what has variously been called performance as social intervention, community theatre / dance, applied theatre or social performance. We will explore a wide range of practices and theories that facilitate and enable personal, political and social change. We will practically and theoretically explore the potential of theatre and dance to interrogate, challenge, educate and empower individuals and marginalised communities.

This module will focus on working with adults in the community in various settings. Students will explore how workshop practice and performance making can be adapted to the particular needs and abilities of individuals, groups and community locations. Also, looking at the consideration of the following topics; representation, participation, inclusivity and accessibility.

Students will work in small groups over a period of time with one community project weekly, from a choice of community groups locally and regionally, such as people with learning / physical disabilities, people who access mental health services, older people and people with dementia.

You will explore facilitation techniques appropriate to working in these various community settings and what is needed to attune to the place and people you are facilitating and working alongside and to examine group dynamics, creative and group processes and what's needed in order to deliver a successful, creative, inclusive and engaging workshop / performance.

Examples of placements:

Moving Minds

Dancing for Wellbeing

Converge

Mind the Gap

Students should expect an introduction to some of the following theories and practices:

· Facilitation skills

· Participation, accessibility and empowerment

· Political performance

· Theatre in health and social care contexts

· Theatre in the criminal justice system

· Theatre and Learning and physical disabilities

· Community dance

· Forum theatre

· Playback theatre

· Group and power dynamics on group process

· Ethics

· Evaluation and reflection

Assessment:

The portfolio assessment for this module will be a workshop or short performance supported by a reflective written document (2000 words)

Please note:

All lectures in Semester 2 are on Thursdays in Quad South Hall

Morning Session 9.30am - 12.00noon / Afternoon 1pm – 3pm

Module tutor - Rachel Conlon

Plus guest lecturers and practitioners