New imaginings and actions of drama education and applied theatre in NIE4 in Asia

New imaginings and actions of drama education and applied theatre in NIE4 in Asia

• Wang, Wan Jung Dept. of Drama Creation and Application, National University of Tainan
• Tam, Po Chi Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Kim, Byoung Joo Graduate Program of Drama Education, Seoul National University of Education
• Kok, Heng Leun Drama Box, Singapore

Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 18(1), 79-93, 2013

Abingdon, Great Britain

Routledge

2013

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GF Humanities & Arts
• P Social Context of Education
  • PC Society & Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PD Economy & Education

NIE4 Post-colonial and Post-modern Drama Education and Applied Theatre Posing Social Dissidence Re-evaluating Confucius Ideologies Providing Public Space

• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Singapore
• South Korea

• 1980s
• 1990-1997.6
• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Since the end of the 1980s in the NIE4 - Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore - in Asia, progressive cultural and educational policies have developed along with tremendous economic growth, and a belief in the value of cultivating excellent human resources has provided the fertile ground to plant the seeds for Drama Education and Applied Theatre in schools and community settings. Drama Education and Applied Theatre projects have therefore been implemented in different ways and manners in different policy contexts and funding systems in the NIE4 either through government programmes or Non-governmental Organization (NGO) and civil organisations. They have developed in different directions as well as encountering different problems over 20 years. This essay aims to give a brief survey and investigation into these innovative imaginings and actions in the NIE4 and it ventures to present the issues and concerns that practitioners are seeking to ponder and solve. It also aims to explore the relationship between these praxes and the respective social, cultural and political changes in these areas and investigate the various responses and efficacy these praxes in Drama Education and Applied Theatre have done to their respective societies as well as investigate the challenges they posed to the existing social and educational orthodox ideologies.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13569783

• 10.1080/13569783.2012.756182

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2014-05-29