2.1 Dramatise social, cultural or environmentla issues  (Page 2/3)

VISUAL ARTS (4.6)

• shows and explains the use of colour, pattern, design, signs and symbols in own home, in various cultures, and in the built environment.

Memorandum

A. phase overview

Theatre is entertainment. People should always go to the theatre to be entertained. The ultimate aim of theatre is to entertain the eye and the ear and to get a strong reaction from the audience, and also the use of visual and auditory impressions only as a means of penetrating deep into the heart of the audience.

In theatre you can arouse an audience to ecstasy, drive it to distraction, make it tremble, as well as make the spectator sit quietly in his seat and obediently absorb whatever you wish him to experience. Painting, music and other arts, each of which exert a strong influence on the soul, are all brought together in the theatre, and their effect is therefore all the more powerful.

The theatre as an institution possesses elements of making it an instrument of education.

Drama in Education

Children need to feel successful in what they pursue and accomplish. They also have a need to express their joy, fear anger, frustration and excitement and communicate about their world. Drama recognises and fulfils both needs.

The educator plays an important role in ensuring that the drama experience is positive and successful for all learners. Each learning experience must be designed to match the appropriate developmental level of the learners. All learners need frequent positive reinforcement from the educator. Most children want the educator to watch them and respond with a positive comment. They depend on the educator for approval, and positive attention helps motivate them to stay focused in the learning experience. Positive comments followed by specific description of what an educator observed reinforces that the learner’s efforts are acceptable and have value.

The educator and learner must enter the learning experience together with enthusiasm, a positive attitude, and the willingness to allow the joy of drama to envelop them.

B. LEARNING PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Expressing and Communicating

Drama addresses children’s need for expression and communication in the following way.

• Drama allows children to use their natural creative instincts to make a statement about their world.
• Drama encourages children to reach beyond the conventional response to a task and discover new ways to move, feel, perceive and understand themselves and others in their environment.
• Drama teaches children a venue of expression and communication in addition to writing, speaking, the visual arts, music and dance (literacy in all these areas is important to provide options for increasing the quality of interaction with others).
• Drama develops imagination, creativity, and the ability to make decisions.
• Drama provides opportunities for children to share in the experience to create, perform, observe and discuss drama.
• With this module the learner will be able to analyse and use multiple forms of communication and expression in Arts and Culture.
• The learner will then be able to use multiple resources to explore and communicate social, cultural and environmental issues through the Arts.