Drama in Education for Sustainability: Becoming Connected through Embodiment

Lehtonen, Anna; Österlind, Eva; Viirret, Tuija Leena

doi:10.26209/ijea21n19

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“…Drama education is linked to the cognitive domain of improving the learning potential, promoting positive attitudes towards lifelong learning, collaboration, and responsibility, skills that are interrelated to the sustainable goals of education. These results comply with research in Finland about the promotion of the cognitive and affective domains in drama education [49]. The researchers elaborated on the potential of drama as an art-based approach to sustainability, emphasizing climate change from a cognitive and affective point of view.…”

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“…The majority of empirical studies (n = 8) created practice-led research, merely based on a case study methodological approach to produce data of qualitative nature, for example [46,47], either small-scale case studies [48] or larger-scale case studies methodologies [47]. Most of the articles developed and relied on a case study methodology, for example [4,49], and used semi-structured interviews for producing interpretative qualitative data feedback [37].…”

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Drama/Theatre Performance in Education through the Use of Digital Technologies for Enhancing Students’ Sustainability Awareness: A Literature Review

Zakopoulos,

Makri,

Ntanos

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The use of digital technologies in drama performances in education that address the sustainability issues that plague today’s world is highly acknowledged globally by the scientific community since digital technologies offer a variety of ways to provide students with an interactive and engaging learning experience. This article aims to present a literature review on drama/theatre performance in educational environments by applying digital technologies to increase students’ sustainability awareness. More specifically, this article presents a state-of-the-art study on the recent developments concerning digital drama performance and explores how the cultivation of sustainability consciousness by students in all educational contexts can be achieved. Additionally, it provides valuable insights into how combining digital drama performances and sustainability issues could improve crucial 21st-century skills for students at all levels of education. The dataset was collected using the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. This review is mainly interested in identifying the research gaps since the current literature focuses primarily on digital technologies in drama/theatre education. However, developing the sustainability awareness of students by performing digital drama seems to be under researched. The results of this study directly impact a wide range of educational experts, such as drama teachers, drama faculty members, drama education researchers, scholars, and theatre practitioners, including art critics, culture specialists, stage designers, drama directors, managers, consultants, and policymakers, to influence them to reflect and reconsider the potential benefits of introducing drama/theatre performance lessons in the official curriculum programs to motivate students to become aware of critical sustainable issues.

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Section: Evidence Of the Creation Of 21st-century Skills Through Digi...supporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Methods and Assessment Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drama/Theatre Performance in Education through the Use of Digital Technologies for Enhancing Students’ Sustainability Awareness: A Literature Review

Zakopoulos,

Makri,

Ntanos

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…By educational drama different sustainability issues are explored in a more holistic multi-faceted way (McNaughton, 2006(McNaughton, , 2010. Art-based learning, including drama, offers opportunities for the student to involve different emotions and use critical thinking and creativity (Caiman & Lundegård, 2018;Lehtonen et al, 2019Lehtonen et al, , 2020.…”

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Primary school students’ perceptions of a sustainable future in the context of a Storyline project

Henriksson

2023

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All human decision-making is based on different expectations and assumptions about the future. Futures literacy, consisting of knowledge, emotions, and skills, is an essential competency for the 21st century. Educational steering documents, as the Finnish national curriculum, state that the teachers shall scaffold the students in problem solving, critical thinking and into a sustainable lifestyle now and in the future. The task is complex and challenging for the teachers. In this study a Storyline project was used as a frame for learning about sustainable living. The aim of the study was to study how students’ perceptions of sustainable futures are visualized through the Storyline project and the meta-reflective dialogue. The research material consists of recorded group interviews with primary school students. The results of the thematic analysis show that different ecological skills, ecological concepts, and entities related to ecological sustainability, as well as cause-and-effect descriptions related to science, are present in the students' descriptions of the future. As emotional skills, students bring out empathy; empathy both for other people and for plants and animals. Students rely on their own competence to involve in sustainable development and as resources they highlight e.g. technological innovations, the importance of scientific knowledge, circular economy thinking as well as learning skills and social skills.

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“…Furthermore, research has been done on the intersections of virtual drama with the theme of climate change. For instance, Karwandi et al (2022) probed the innovative process behind crafting drama scripts for virtual performances, while Lehtonen (2020) delved into the role of drama in education for sustainability, emphasizing the experiential aspects of learning. However, a conspicuous gap emerges from this body of literature: the absence of learning materials, specifically virtual drama scripts, which interweave climate change with the Pancasila student profile dimensions.…”

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Analyzing Indonesian Students’ Needs for Virtual Drama Scripts: Bridging Climate Change Topic and Pancasila Profile Dimensions

Putri,

Inderawati,

Vianty

2023

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In the Independent curriculum, it is essential to provide students with diverse learning materials that address global concerns like climate change while also aligning with personal and cultural dimensions, such as the Pancasila Student Profile. This study, conducted at Srijaya Negara High School in Palembang, Indonesia, aimed to understand students' needs for virtual drama scripts that incorporate both climate change and the Pancasila Student Profile themes. Insights were gathered from 36 tenth-grade students, their English teachers, and additional stakeholders through a mixed-methods approach, combining questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The results highlighted a demand from students for more specific and contextually relevant materials. The integration of climate change and Pancasila themes in virtual drama scripts was found to enhance students' motivation in English learning, particularly with the inclusion of technology. Furthermore, these tailored scripts are believed to improve students' knowledge and awareness of both climate change and the values of Pancasila. This research paves the way for the development of virtual drama scripts that not only serve as English reading materials but also support broader educational initiatives in high schools.

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Drama in Education for Sustainability: Becoming Connected through Embodiment

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Drama/Theatre Performance in Education through the Use of Digital Technologies for Enhancing Students’ Sustainability Awareness: A Literature Review

Drama/Theatre Performance in Education through the Use of Digital Technologies for Enhancing Students’ Sustainability Awareness: A Literature Review

Primary school students’ perceptions of a sustainable future in the context of a Storyline project

Analyzing Indonesian Students’ Needs for Virtual Drama Scripts: Bridging Climate Change Topic and Pancasila Profile Dimensions

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