Explore the Power of Drama in Education
Description: Artistic activities are very important for students’ emotional, social and language development skills. These activities also provide great platform for exploring theoretical and practical aspects of foreign languages;
- stimulate authentic conversations that aim at developing conversational competence among foreign language learners;
- increase students’ motivation, participation, confidence and fluency as well as communication through the body language;
- promote critical thinking and social awareness and understanding;
- increase cultural awareness;
- teach cooperation, empathy for others, decision-making skills and encourages the exchange of knowledge between the students;
During this course, participants will learn how drama activities can be incorporated into the curriculum material - how concepts, ideas, events, and people can be dramatized through improvisation, pantomime, and playwriting to stimulate interest, convey knowledge, gain comprehension, and improve retention.
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Dates and Locations
- 04.–08.08.2025
Porto, Portugal
- 05.–09.08.2024
Athens, Greece
- 27.–31.01.2025
Don’t see the dates that suit your group? Send us an e-mail with the proposed dates and location and we will get back to you.*
*- Only in case you are 7 or more persons from the same organisation.
Daily Programme
Monday
- Introduction
- Who is who
- Best hopes from training (exercise)
- What is drama? Theatre, play, storytelling, etc.
- The history and use of drama
- The use and benefits of drama in education ( for teachers+ students)
- Research
- Drama and emotional intelligence
Tuesday
- Feedback and questions from Day 1
- Drama and emotional intelligence
- (Continue from day 1)
- Drama and the teacher (beliefs+ thoughts). Because a classroom is the reflection of the teacher.
- Video and exercises
- Homework - my “What kind of teacher I am” list
Wednesday
- Feedback and questions from Day 2
- Discussion: “What kind of teacher I am” list
- It's time for drama – getting ready
- Ways of using drama in the classroom with exercises
- Discussion
- Homework: preparing my classroom drama curriculum
- Reflection of the day
Thursday
- Feedback and questions from Day 3
- My classroom drama curriculum – with role-playing
- Closing and feedback
Friday
Cultural excursion in the local area
Competences Acquired by Participants
Specific objectives of the seminar are:
- Create a cross-cultural environment to discuss and exchange ideas with colleagues
- Help the participants to identify the most suitable approaches in the use of drama in their classroom
- Introduce new areas of teaching methodologies and accompanying techniques, using hands-on experiential methods
- Develop their self-reflection, communication and creativity skills and discuss how they can be utilized in an educational context
- Enhance tolerance and appreciation of human diversity
- Raise awareness of sound and body language as a personal tool of communication
Type of Certification of Attendance Awarded
- Certificate of attendance including description of training content and time input
- Europass mobility certificates – to be issued by the applicant’s NA
Course Packages
Please note that ‘All in one – single room’ and ‘All in one – double room’ packages are being offered only in Limassol, Cyprus
1. ‘ALL IN ONE – Single room’ PACKAGE - 1240€
- Tuition fee and training material
- Certificate of Competence
- Welcome dinner
- Accommodation in a Single room in a 3 or 4-star hotel (6 nights)
- Full Board (5 days)
- Administration costs
- Coffee Breaks
- Cultural visit
2. ‘ALL IN ONE – Double Room Sharing’ PACKAGE- 1040€
- Tuition fee and training material
- Certificate of Competence
- Welcome dinner
- Accommodation - double room sharing in a 3 or 4-star hotel (6 nights)
- Full Board (5 days)
- Administration costs
- Coffee Breaks
- Cultural visit
*Choose double room sharing if you are 2 colleagues from the same organisation willing to share a double room/ or if you have any accompanying person travelling to the venue of the course together with you (we can arrange the accommodation for accompanying persons as well).
3. ‘BASIC’ course PACKAGE - 450€
- Tuition fee and training material
- Certificate of Competence
- Welcome dinner
- Administration costs
- Coffee Breaks
- Cultural visit
Note: separate invoices for the training fee only (400 EUR) can be issued upon request from the organisation.
DOREA as well offers group discounts in the case of 7 or more persons from the same organisation.
