In this paper, the Teenage Girls InFormed (TGIF) theater project has shown the power and value of using theater as a creative and critical teaching tool in order to reduce violence in girls\u27 lives. The introduction explains the nature of the project which uses drama as a teaching tool in a peer leadership project focusing on girls and violence. The paper explains in detail the process of developing the theater piece through the individual stories of four Boston high school students and one college student. The performance piece was then performed for middle school audiences with the goal of involving the audience in discovering and creating strategies for violence reduction among young women in the areas of interpersonal violence and r...
There is hardly ever a platform provided in schools for students to express their concerns about soc...
YOUth ACTion is a community-based arts initiative that I developed and offered as a single three-wee...
The connection between drama and moral education in young adolescence has not been widely researched...
Master of EducationThis is a study of the use of drama to enhance the resilience of young people. A ...
The use of drama to teach social skills to public middle school students labeled as at-risk is power...
The purpose of this practitioner action research (PAR) study was to explore experiences of middle sc...
Bullying, a worldwide problem that is complex and layered, can be especially challenging to teens an...
Bullying can have a severe effect on the physical and mental health of young people. This qualitativ...
This paper presents the findings of a thorough examination of an Issue-Oriented Theater (IOT) organi...
In the past couple decades art therapies have gained more attention and are able to provide an alter...
This study investigates how a more involved structure in youth theatre groups can help increase the ...
This study reports on a research project that examines teenage young women\u27s themes of power. The...
This paper explains how and why to implement dramatic activities to teach literature in the secondar...
Everyday Theater Youth Ensemble (ETYE) is a social issue theater training program for inner city you...
had limited success. Creativity has become an important key to reaching a youth population bombarded...
There is hardly ever a platform provided in schools for students to express their concerns about soc...
YOUth ACTion is a community-based arts initiative that I developed and offered as a single three-wee...
The connection between drama and moral education in young adolescence has not been widely researched...
Master of EducationThis is a study of the use of drama to enhance the resilience of young people. A ...
The use of drama to teach social skills to public middle school students labeled as at-risk is power...
The purpose of this practitioner action research (PAR) study was to explore experiences of middle sc...
Bullying, a worldwide problem that is complex and layered, can be especially challenging to teens an...
Bullying can have a severe effect on the physical and mental health of young people. This qualitativ...
This paper presents the findings of a thorough examination of an Issue-Oriented Theater (IOT) organi...
In the past couple decades art therapies have gained more attention and are able to provide an alter...
This study investigates how a more involved structure in youth theatre groups can help increase the ...
This study reports on a research project that examines teenage young women\u27s themes of power. The...
This paper explains how and why to implement dramatic activities to teach literature in the secondar...
Everyday Theater Youth Ensemble (ETYE) is a social issue theater training program for inner city you...
had limited success. Creativity has become an important key to reaching a youth population bombarded...
There is hardly ever a platform provided in schools for students to express their concerns about soc...
YOUth ACTion is a community-based arts initiative that I developed and offered as a single three-wee...
The connection between drama and moral education in young adolescence has not been widely researched...