PERF06114 2019 Facilitation and Drama
This module introduces learners to facilitation strategies and provides opportunity to practically apply techniques in workshop environment. Emphasis is on the facilitation process and acquisition of skills, culminating in the structuring and delivery of facilitated workshops to primary and secondary school students. Theories of applied theatre and practical facilitation methodologies explored. Learners develop collaborative skills, planning and designing the workshop in self-directed teams, and they learn strategies for creative thinking inspiring others in storytelling whether it is visual, dramatic or storytelling through words.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to;
Outline and communicate strategies/techniques for facilitating others
Apply facilitation techniques to empower others in an act of learning
Collaborate with others in a team, making decisions, assigning tasks, collating information and achieving common goals
Apply strategies for brainstorming and creative thinking, generating ideas with others to creatively access the Shakespeare text
Structure, design and deliver a facilitation workshop for Leaving Certificate students
Critically evaluate a Shakespeare play, analysing themes, genre, and cultural context
Generate written documents that record personal growth, moments of learning, shifts in praxis and reflect on learner as facilitator
Teaching and Learning Strategies
This module draws on a diverse range of teaching methodologies, lecture, workshops, seminar and experiential learning
Module Assessment Strategies
Assessments designed to maximise learners' practical experience and opportunities to learn from praxis: piloting and delivering creative workshops on a Shakespeare tragedy, compiling a practitioners log book with strategies, lesson plans, reflection, learning events and how this has led to shifts in facilitation praxis.
Repeat Assessments
students who fail this module will have the opportunity to repeat a project that demosntrates the ability to facilitate and lead a workshop
Indicative Syllabus
1. Facilitation Introduction
- What is facilitation
- Role of the facilitator
- Responsibilities of the facilitator
2. The Role of the Facilitator
- managing relationships
- safety
- building the group
- understanding audience
- developing the articulacy of the group
3. Planning the facilitation
- creative thinking strategies (brainstorming)
- exercises/games
- design and pilot detailed sequences of creative strategies (lesson plan)
- create templates others can follow and use
4. Facilitation and Self Assessment
- reflection on role of facilitator
- leaarning events
- shifts in praxis
- reflective writing
5. Drama in Education
- strategies recommended by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
- national primary Curriculum (story strand Myths and legends)
- drama in education techniques
6. Primary Curriculum : Myths and Legends
7. Theatre of the Oppressed
- an introduction to Boal, Forum theatre and strategies for using drama in the educational forum
Coursework & Assessment Breakdown
Coursework Assessment
Title | Type | Form | Percent | Week | Learning Outcomes Assessed | |
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1 | Group Project Facilitation planning and pilots | Coursework Assessment | UNKNOWN | 30 % | OnGoing | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
2 | Practical Evaluation Facilitate external group in Shakespeare workshop | Coursework Assessment | UNKNOWN | 30 % | End of Term | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
3 | Individual Project Practitioner log book | Coursework Assessment | UNKNOWN | 40 % | OnGoing | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Full Time Mode Workload
Type | Location | Description | Hours | Frequency | Avg Workload |
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Workshop / Seminar | Flat Classroom | tutor led seminar | 2 | Weekly | 2.00 |
Workshop / Seminar | Flat Classroom | student-led practical application | 3 | Weekly | 3.00 |
Module Resources
Blocksidge, Martin, Shakespeare in Education (Continuum 2005)
Greenblatt, Stephen. Ed. The Norton Shakespeare, 1997
Johnston, Chris, House of Games: Making Theatre from Everyday Life (Nick Hern Books, 2005)
Poulter, Christine, Playing the Game. (Macmillan, 1987)
Nicholson, Helen, Applied Drama: The Gift of Theatre (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
Taylor, Philip, Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the Community (Heinemann, 2003)