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Use of Drama & Theatre Techniques for Research - A Brief Look

Running Head: DRAMA AND THEATRE IN RESEARCH 1 author compared the qualitative and quantitative data and found that they were aligned and supported each other and this gave further credence to the study. Generally the findings reinforce social learning theories, prompts new studies about the link between theatre and the human mirror neuron system and gives some merit to anecdotal reports of the efficacy of theatre in affecting beliefs and attitudes.

The Use Of Drama and/or Theatre Techniques in Research

Running Head: DRAMA AND THEATRE IN RESEARCH 1 author compared the qualitative and quantitative data and found that they were aligned and supported each other and this gave further credence to the study. Generally the findings reinforce social learning theories, prompts new studies about the link between theatre and the human mirror neuron system and gives some merit to anecdotal reports of the efficacy of theatre in affecting beliefs and attitudes.

Theatre as Research – A Mysterious Mix

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2016

The Australian Curriculum mandates that Arts will be taught as part of the Foundation to Year 10 program in schools. My background as a Theatre-in-Education performer and as a Drama teacher has informed an approach to doing research with children, which involves making up plays about local stories. Firstly, local folk are interviewed and their anecdotes are recorded as data. The children then analyse and interpret the data, as a group, with the help of their teacher. It is then synthesised into a written play script. I have found this Theatre as Research approach to be a wonderful tool for integrating the teaching of local history with the Arts. It also has potential to strengthen community bonds and enhance inter-generational communication. Once the play has been created, the storytellers are invited as audience members to see their lives played out on stage.<br />The paper will relate examples of how I have performed ethnographic Drama with various secondary and tertiary stu...

Real Theatre: Essays in Experience

2019

Theatre is often said to offer unique insights into the nature of reality, but this obscures the reality of theatre itself. In Real Theatre, Paul Rae takes a joined-up approach to the realities of theatre to explain why performances take the forms they do, and what effects they have.

Why theatre-based research works? Psychological theories from behind the curtain

Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2018

While many scholars have demonstrated the effectiveness of theatre-based knowledge mobilization, fewer studies have examined its psychological dimensions. This article examines some psychological theories that may account for the success behind theatre-based knowledge mobilization. Drawing from the Canadian Experience Project, a study about the labor market challenges of skilled immigrant workers, we show how theatrebased research dissemination efforts attempt to achieve optimal stress by using aesthetic distance processes. We maintain that this psychological capacity to attune to audience members, especially evident in forum theatre, makes theatre a particularly effective means for knowledge mobilization.