Rannveig Thorkelsdóttir: A suitable vision for the functions of Drama in schools, now and...

In 2013 drama was included in the national curriculum framework in Iceland for the first time. As a result, there were considerable tensions connected with how Icelandic schools could or should embrace this newcomer...

IDIERI 9: Day 6 Twitter Roundup

The penultimate day of the 9th International Drama in Education Research Institute was jam-packed with concurrent sessions - papers, panels, and workshops. Keep reading for a summary of the tweets from the day. https://twitter.com/cfrenchtweeting/status/1015356825305149440 https://twitter.com/ginippi/status/1015362438122704896 https://twitter.com/talulahcortes/status/1015377436324720640 https://twitter.com/c_and_t/status/1015381828407001088 https://twitter.com/c_and_t/status/1015382790697816076 https://twitter.com/selinabusby/status/1015391474136109056 https://twitter.com/adelina_ong/status/1015554778548469760 https://twitter.com/jendibella/status/1015431562005901312 https://twitter.com/DramaResearch/status/1015443372473892865 https://twitter.com/DramaResearch/status/1015455293193351168 https://twitter.com/thepollstar/status/1015574667069874182

Q&A with Gaenor Stoate, Lucy Lott, Moe Gregorzewski, Eva Göksel, and Martha Lamont

https://youtu.be/mTRuTi_7msI Gaenor Stoate is a teaching fellow at the University of Waikato, lecturing in the Faculty of Education on secondary drama curriculum papers and also in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences where she teaches...
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Sitting Down with Sintija Kirsone & Anke Leen Ledda Mikk – Faces of the...

Anke Leen Ledda Mikk is currently a final year student at Tallinn European School (Estonia). Since she was young, she has always been interested and involved with Theatre, learning the Art from...

The Perfect Balance with Toomas Tross

"Sometimes it's not the number that's important, or the trick that's important: for the audience, it's why you are in front of them. I believe, I...

Rite of Spring – A Personal Reflection

Theatre offers us, I believe, a space to express what cannot be said through words alone. Perhaps that is why I now find words to be insufficient in order to capture my experience of...

Just Here: A Sweet Performance

Just Here is a performance created for children under the age of three. Gabriel Marchand, the Director from Pillow Fort Productions, created a colourful piece that was full of soothing, calm and familiar sounds for the young audience...

Where Are ASSITEJ’s Next Generation Headed Next?

ASSITEJ's Next Generation Programme offers new opportunities for learning and collaboration to emerging Practitioners interested in Theatre for Young Audiences. Their final session at the Cradle of Creativity was held on Friday, May 26th, 2017...

Chilla Tamas and Erika Piazzoli: Who’s Culture Is It Anyway? An exploration of DiE...

International schools are a melting pot of students from a diverse range of cultures. They afford students unique opportunities to experience cultural immersion in their developmental years. In order to nurture intercultural understanding educators...

Robin Pascoe and Peter Wright: Promises, Promises, Curriculum Promises: Implementing a national drama curriculum...

The metaphor of a leaky boat has an apt poignancy for researchers following the publication of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts (Drama) and its adoption and adaption in Western Australia. There are lessons to...