Call for Submissions to The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia (DaTEAsia) IDEA Congress 2024 Special Issue
Call for Submissions to The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia (DaTEAsia) IDE [...]
From Play to Drama: Practices, Challenges and Prospections of Preschool Children’s Drama Education in Mainland China｜DaTEAsia Vol.12
Since the launch of the third wave of early childhood curriculum reform in the 1980s in Mainland China, significant changes have occurred in China’s early childhood education, pedagogies and teaching ideologies. With the import of early education pedagogies and curriculums from the West, Western drama education models have been introduced, practiced and developed in Mainland China. This paper, adopting secondary data analysis, begins by the role of games in China’s early childhood education. It then provides an overview of the reform in China’s early childhood education, with a focus on pedagogies, children’s play, as well as aesthetic education. Meanwhile, this paper explores the trajectory of Western drama education in China’s early childhood education, aiming to outline its transformation from “children’s play” to “drama education” since 2000. The opportunities, trends and challenges of adopting drama education in China’s early childhood education are also discussed.
Anti-School Bullying Forum Theatre in Rural Boarding Middle School in China – Empirical Analysis Based on Programme Practice｜DaTEAsia Vol.12
In 2021, the revised Law on the Protection of Minors defined bullying for the first time in legislation in China and clearly stipulated that schools must establish mechanisms to prevent bullying. However, how to establish a working system still needs to be further formulated. This study implemented a semester-long anti-bullying Forum Theatre in a Chinese rural boarding middle school and conducted qualitative and quantitative analyses. Based on the actual conditions, the project introduced the social-emotional learning (SEL) framework as a tool for teaching and assessment. Results showed that bullying had significant negative correlations with SEL. Forum Theatre improved students' SEL, and can be seen as a bridge between learning and doing of SEL. Anti-bullying Forum Theatre is effective and feasible in Chinese education context and needs to be supported by the psychological and personality development of students.
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Exploring How Community-based Theatre Praxes in the Philippines and Taiwan Tackling Climate Change-related Issues and Providing Alternative Philosophies and Aesthetics for Climate Change-induced Problems｜DaTEAsia Vol.12 GalleryExploring How Community-based Theatre Praxes in the Philippines and Taiwan Tackling Climate Change-related Issues and Providing Alternative Philosophies and Aesthetics for Climate Change-induced Problems｜DaTEAsia Vol.12
Exploring How Community-based Theatre Praxes in the Philippines and Taiwan Tackling Climate Change-related Issues and Providing Alternative Philosophies and Aesthetics for Climate Change-induced Problems｜DaTEAsia Vol.12
Distances are created by geographical locations, fixed ideological cultural construction as well as social classes, race, nationalities and gender. However, facing the drastic climate change and continuous natural disasters brought by typhoons, flood and over-exploitation of natural resources in Asia, community theatre practitioners in the Philippines and Taiwan, located in the global south, tried to bridge the distances between countries and within their own societies. They reflect on and combat the impact caused by these challenges with community-based theatre praxes and musical praxes consecutively.
The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia Volume 12
Editorial: Drama Opens Up Endless Possibilities Po-chi Tam Over the past few decades, in [...]
Participating in IDIERI 10: Observations and Reflections｜DaTEAsia Vol. 11
今年七月，我到英國華威大學參加了第十屆國際教育戲劇研究所（International Drama in Education Research Institute，下稱IDIERI 10）這國際會議。本文分享個人在當中的觀察和反思。
