Drama i skolan och på fritidshemmet
En kvalitativ undersökning om några pedagogers och elevers uppfattningar om drama
The study aims to examine some teachers' and students' conceptions of drama in schools and in after-school centers. ?Educator? in this study refers to after-school leaders and drama teachers. The study is limited to three educators and three students at a public school in the Stockholm area. This study considers the following questions: How do educators use drama in schools and in after-school centers? How do students perceive drama in schools and in after-school centers? What importance do educators think that drama has for students?The study draws on the socio-cultural theory on teamwork and social interaction. The survey contains interviews and is inspired by the phenomenographic approach as a method.The results show that teachers use drama in different ways, oftentimes integrated with other school subjects, particularly with Swedish. Students feel that they have use of what they learn during drama in other school subjects. Both educators and students perceive participation and cooperation (including the fact that students help each other during the drama process and that students can learn from each other in drama lessons), to be important elements of drama teaching. The teachers and one of the students feel that through drama, students become bolder. Two out of the three teachers believe that through drama, knowledge becomes practical and is really learned by the students. By working with conflict-resolution in drama, students practice how to express their opinion in front of others, gain understanding of each other?s differences, and put themselves in other people?s situations in order to - through communication - learn how to resolve conflicts themselves. One of the teachers perceives the social training that occurs through drama to be significant. The educators believe that students are strengthened in their self-esteem and self-confidence through drama, and that through an inner experience, increase their self-awareness. The educators and students see drama as a forum in which students can use and develop their imagination and creativity.