129003 AR Free Elective Subject (2012S)

Drama is a creative and holistic form of learning, which helps students to acquire a wide range of skills. It can be used as a teaching method in all subjects as well as in cross-curricular projects. In addition, it serves superior educational purposes: communication skills, personality training, social learning, etc. The course deals with the methodology and didactics of drama in education: - Games and activities for interaction and communication, awareness, concentration - Non-verbal and verbal methods of expression: movement and mime, breathing, voice - Guided and unguided improvisation, role play, dramatisation of texts - Specific elements and techniques of drama work: freeze frame, hot seating, interior monologue, teacher-in-role, etc. - Drama and history/cultural studies - Drama and literature - Combining drama with other teaching methods, e.g. creative writing, story-telling