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Using Drama as a Teaching Tool Presented by: Professor Kim James Bey

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Using Dramaas a

Teaching Tool

Presented by:

Professor Kim James Bey

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Educators must find new ways to motivate student learning

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Teaching methodologies should include multiple learning

modalities:

Traditional academic structures

Artistic tools

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Learning Modalities

Visual

Aural

Tactile

Kinesthetic

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Harvard Business School:

Leadership in the 21st Century

In preparing the student for the challenges in the 21st Century, educators must engage students using both right brain and left brain processes

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Leadership in the 21st Century

To bring awareness beyond the Trans-Atlantic World

Recognize the Global WorldTo encourage a “We” mentality vs. a “Me”

mentalityAbility to think on their feetStrong communication skillsAccountability: Character & Integrity

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Liberal Arts Curriculum

Emphasis on Arts Integration

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A May 2005 Harris Poll on the attitudes of American toward arts

education, commissioned by American for the Arts, revealed

strong public support. Among the findings:

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93% agree the arts are vital to providing a well- rounded education for children, a 2% increase over 2001

83% agree an arts education encourages and assists in the improvement of a child’s attitudes toward school

79% believe that arts education helps teach children to communicate effectively with adults and peers

86% agree incorporating the arts into education is the first step in adding back what’s missing in public education today

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Drama

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