Training Package Demo - Module 5

Introduction

The unit will clarify, how PT methods can be used by integrating active involvement of the students: It is experience-based by using body, voice, senses and feelings, it is strongly interactive and offers safe spaces for dialogue.

In the sense of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy (1996) it connects action and reflection and builds up bridges to everyday life. It will be shown, that the role of a teacher is understood as a facilitator who offers several tools and methods of Participatory theatre, who knows to create a supporting atmosphere in the group and who gives impulses for reflection and exchanging ideas and insights.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Unit participants should be able to:

• understand the basic ideas and principles of the PT and especially the approach of “Theatre for Living”
• contextualise PT Theatre in the field of Education and Global Learning regarding the issue of Migrations and Sustainability
• know, how processes of PT can be designed
• and understand the role of the facilitator (called ‘joker’) in “Theatre for Living” (TfL)

Introduction

This unit will offer possibilities of using games and exercises for starting to explore themes of migration and sustainable development in a playful and symbolic way. It is an approach to the notions with a global sense of citizenship as a basis for the further work. It supports group building, trust, the sharpening of the senses and topic-relevant awareness.

Most of the games and exercises described in this unit can be found in David Diamonds book “Theatre for Living” (2007). Because there are many more, we can really recommend reading this book. He took and adopted a lot from Augusto Boal. For that reason his book “Games for actors and non-actors” (1996) is also warmly recommended.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Unit participants should be able to:

• understand the necessity of a good atmosphere and a save setting,
• understand the value of games and exercises,
• apply different games and exercises in the educational context,
• activate reflection by raising relevant questions

Introduction

This unit will offer an introduction into the method of Image Theatre in theory and in praxis. The unit provides coherent sequences, which can be applied in different educational settings techniques to explore themes of migration and sustainable development.

It will be shown, in which way Image Theatre can help to illustrate central terms, concepts and issues, provide new perspectives and insights by using the body including all its expressions as a ground for subjective and collective reflections and for dialogue.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Unit participants should be able to:

• understand the specific possibilities of the Image Theatre method
• apply different techniques
• design an Image Theatre session (45-50 minutes)
• connect Image Theatre to migration and sustainable development issues
• reflect the generated content

Introduction

This unit will offer possibilities of using Image Theatre to explore alternatives and change processes in the context of migration and sustainable development - challenges.

The unit provides coherent sequences, which can be applied in different educational settings.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Unit participants should be able to:

• be aware of the specific possibilities of participatory theatre
• use Image Theatre techniques to create dialogue on transformation and change
• open a space to experience the power and challenges of transformation and change processes

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