Scope
Using drama techniques and theatre elements for the enhancement of the educational process, focusing on creativity and students’ development.
ECVET points: 3.5
Target groups
- Teachers
- Trainers
- Youth workers
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the training course, the participant is expected to:
- Use drama techniques in education for the development of students’ soft skills and emotional intelligence.
- Inspire students’ participation in class and enrich the educational process.
- Use drama techniques and tools to tackle social challenges and build students’ competences such as self esteem, empathy, tolerance, respect and self-awareness
- Know the benefits of drama in education having experienced a week of improvisation, theory of theatre, active participation, creativity and practical exercises.
Methodology
- Presentations
- Drama exercises
- Improvisation
- Directing techniques and ideas
- Storytelling
- Use of poetry
- Physical warm up exercises
Embracing innovative drama techniques can enhance the learning experience by actively engaging participants and promoting a dynamic and immersive environment. Every day the participants will start with warm up and energizing exercises, practice drama techniques to enhance team building, improvise, and become creative by learning through doing. The designed exercises not only create a positive and inclusive atmosphere but also serve as a gateway to the world of drama. By the end of the course, the participants will have the tools and inspiration to design and deliver their own drama techniques, assisted by their trainer.
Thematic units
- The benefits of theatre in education
- How drama can transform students’ key competences
- Working on social challenges: immigration, inclusion, violence, inequality
- Drama techniques for the enhancement of students’ emotional intelligence and empathy
- Creating and designing pedagogical activities based on drama techniques
- Storytelling
- Improvisations and drama exercises for creativity and active participation
Learning material
The learning material consists of presentations and support material in English language.
Cost
Tuition fee: 400 euro per person
The cost includes the learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.
All costs can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.
Cultural activities (optional)
Includes:
- a walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner,
Indicative menu: Cretan salad, zucchini fritters, sausage, cretan grilled cheese, cretan meat balls, pork slow roasted in the oven with sauce and herbs, served with mashed potatoes flavoured with mushroom truffle, traditional cretan pasta, dessert, wine / raki
PRICE per person: 25 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)
- a guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites,
It includes: The Acropolis hill, Parthenon, the historical area of Plaka & Monastiraki: 3 hours guided tour
COST: 150€ divided to the number of participants. No transport costs or entrance ticket to Acropolis Hill are included.
- a common dinner in Athens,
Indicative menu: Feta wrapped with honey and sesame, greek salad, black eyed peas, octopus, calamari, cod croquettes, chicken strips, burger patties, orzotto with vegetables, wine and refreshments
PRICE per person: 30 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)
The restaurants and menu may change depending on the availability and time of the year and the weather conditions.
The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.
Training sessions
Location | Dates | Cost |
Piraeus | 30/9-4/10/2024 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 5-9/5/2025 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 25-29/8/2025 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 10-14/11/2025 | 400€ |
Further information
Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: lila@idec.gr
Testimonials
Coming from a Classical Liceo learning drama in teaching methodology couldn’t be better than that.
Lucia, ISTITUTO D’ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE “PICCOLOMINI”, Italy
Es un curso donde las estrategias que enseñan son cercanas, reales y se pueden llevar a cabo en el aula. Sin ninguna duda lo recomiendo! Gracias.
It is a course where the strategies they teach are real and can be carried out in the classroom. Without any doubt I recommend it! Thank you.Maria José, Centre Públic de Formació de Persones Adultes “Enric Valor”, Spain
This course was better than expected, compared with other European programmes. I have been involved in the content of the course and the kindness of organisation was great.
Vinent, Lycée Polyvalent Touchard Washington, France
My expectations about the course were high and they were met. I have learned many technics that can use in a classroom during my lesson and in my drama course. I’m coming back to Croatia with a happy fulfilled heart, better knowledge of drama in education and more friends in my life.
Željka, Osnovna škola Pantovčak, Croatia
Excellent.
Raili, Võru Kreutzwaldi Kool, Estonia
I’d really recommend this course to anybody who’s interested in drama in education. It’s really well organised and totally met my expectations. IDEC know what they are doing. Trainers are committed and devoted and course materials and workshops use full, practical and really meant to stay for the future. Brilliant experiences.
Ivana, Primary School Ivo Lola Ribar, Serbia
Great team successful cooperation, good atmosphere and happy people.
Jelena, Primary School Ivo Lola Ribar, Serbia
Complete work and personal experience.
Maja, Primary School Ivo Lola Ribar, Serbia
I’m very satisfied.
Danijela, Primary School Ivo Lola Ribar, Serbia
It is a course that promotes self-confidence and encourages a fresh look at the knowledge that I had before.
Ieva, Kaunas Waldorf kindergarten “Saltinelis”, Lithuania
This is an interesting rich and dense course for anyone who need useful drama skills as a teacher. Just make sure it is this same teacher Peny, because she was able to make this course a masterpiece example of how to present the best drama for understanding, even with the most clueless trainee.
Zorica, Vrtec Trnovo, Slovenia
Enjoyable 5 days, lot of information and even more practice. Detailed feedback we received and specific issues were all covered. Very professional, understandable and clear.
Zsuzsa, VÁCI SZAKKÉPZÉSI CENTRUM 143105, Hungary
Peny was an excellent teacher, and the atmosphere was very positive
Ingrid, Vrtec Trnovo, Slovenia
Course Features
- Lectures 50
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 5 days
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Day 1
- Welcome
- Presentation of participants
- Expectations from the training
- Ice Breaking exercises
- Mindfulness exercises
- Being present -breathing exercise for relaxation.
- Being present -breathing exercise for relaxation.
- Warm up exercises
- Different levels of energy
- Different levels of feelings
- Levels of hierarchy
- Interaction/ Improvisation among the participants on having different levels of a given feeling.
- Discussion and reflection on how these exercises can help with anger management, bullying, and verbal violence.
- Drama elements to develop social skills such as social awareness, anger management and tolerance to difference.
- Theatrical expression workshop: building bonding and cooperation skills in a school theatre group.
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Day 2
- Warm up exercises
- Improvisation exercises
- The notion of psychological gesture
- Exercise of showing or hiding specific feelings
- Creating scenes
- Finding important issues, that can be tackled through a play.
- Participants are asked to think on a subject / poem/play that could be the theme of the play they will stage with their students.
- Participants are asked to think on a subject / poem/play that could be the theme of the play they will stage with their students.
- Drama in education as a field of balancing educational and artistic parameters.
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Day 3
- Brainstorming on how each play/poem/ theme could be staged from scratch
- Discovering possible problems and obstacles
- Understanding the importance of space, time, and the number of participants in theatre
- Storytelling: The importance of language, the effectiveness of language depending on students’ age.
- Modern writing for maximum impact.
- Storytelling: The importance of language, the effectiveness of language depending on students’ age.
- Modern writing for maximum impact.
- How poems can become plays
- Playwriting: producing a theatre play from scratch or adapting a prose/poetry work into stage play.
- Rehearsing and directing
- The practicality of costumes and lights
- How to deal with students’ nervousness and fragile ego
- Mock rehearsal of a play (reading and understanding the concepts of the play
- basic setting, basic directing outline, rehearsal, corrections, costumes, lights, music, dress rehearsal)
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Day 4
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Day 5
- Warm up exercises
- Putting everything we learned in practice
- Exercise for understanding the importance of space.
- Exercise for understanding the importance of our bodies in space.
- Basic drama elements and improvisation presentations
- Preparing the dissemination and impact plan
- Evaluation, closure, certificates