Course Description

The course includes the following three target areas:

1. Self-development related to drama

2. Children’s drama play

3. Pedagogical drama work and experience with theatre

1) Self-development related to drama

Drama is a practical subject where dramatic forms of expression are explored on a personal level. In order to use the subject in a subject-didactic approach, students’ personal experiences will be related to pedagogy and theatre representing the subject’s two basic elements.

The students’ development will be stimulated through the following theoretical course components and the forms of expression of drama:

Theoretical course components

• Relations between drama, play and theatre
• Theatre’s fundamental elements, tools and dramaturgy
• Children’s drama play
• The aesthetic dimension
• Drama pedagogical trends

Forms of expression of drama

• Expression of movement
• Vocal expression
• Improvisation
• Mime
• Dramatisation
• Tableaux
• Texts and role-play
• Drama progression
• Oral expression – tradition of story-telling

2) Children’s drama play

• Observation of child’s play and other drama related activities
• Play as a starting point for drama work

3) Pedagogical drama work and experience with theatre

• Planning, carrying out and evaluating pedagogical drama work in day-care centres
• Play, drama and theatre with children of varying abilities and from different cultural backgrounds
• Drama for children between 0 and 3 years
• Drama in an interdisciplinary setting
• Theatre for children aged 2-6 years

Assessment Methods

Both ongoing and final assessments will be used. The following parts will be assessed:

A) Practical drama including theatre-logg. Pass/fail.

B) Practical/didactic seminar assignment. Pass/fail.

C) Theatre performance for children. Group examination. Graded A – F. Individual grades may also be adjusted.

D) Four hour individual written final examination. Graded A – F.

The final grade is awarded on the basis of the graded marks in

C) Theatre performance for children, 60 % and D) Individual, written final examination, 40 %.

A single final grade will be entered on the diploma, graded A to F, where A is the highest grade and E is the lowest passing grade.

Please refer to Telemark University College’s Examination Regulation for further information.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean