Theater at school- a chance for Inclusion in the educational system in Germany?

Author(s):

Franziska Hermanns(presenting / submitting)

Conference:

ECER 2013

Network:

29. Research on Arts Education

Format:

Paper

Session Information

29 SES 13 B, Parallel Paper Session

Paper Session

Time:

2013-09-13

11:00-12:30

Room:

A-105

Chair:

Sílvia Simões

Contribution

The success of a child, in the german school system is strongly determinded by its social economical and migrational background (OCED 2010). Parents with a low level degree too often have children who will leave the german school system with a low qualification without even having the chance of reaching a higher one (Bildungsbericht 2012).

Educational politics demand an increase of the social equity for the german school system and a change of its structure to include and provide all children. One result is that most of the special schools will be closed to include all children in a regular schoolsystem.

But if the structure of the german regular school will be still the same, the children with a lower educational background and other disibilities will be more excluded as in special schools for children with disabilities (Amrhein 2010, Huber 2006).

International studies, some german studies (Max Planck Institut 2006) and individual experiences in the working practice with children with special needs, show an effect of social inclusion by playing theater. Is playing theater a chance for inclusion in the german schoolsystem? Will this children include more in the school system too, if they play theater in school?

The theoretical framework of the research is based on theory of social inclusion in school system and national and european projects of schooltheater (TUSCH 2012).

Method

The assumption, that playing theater in school, promotes inclusion, will be reviewed by qualitative interviews of experts and observational research in theater projekts in school. Qualitative expert Interviews: Artists, theaterpaedagogues, pupils and teachers will be questioned about the effect of inclusion in current projects and of projects wich are completed. Referring to the completed projects, they will be asked about long time inclusive outcome. Observational research: The current projects will be observed for their inclusiveness in classroom, schoolyard or by playing theater.

Expected Outcomes

The qualitative expert interviews and the observational research want to answer the following questions: Will the children of lower educational background be a part of the main group in the school context? Will playing theater in school provide emotional, motorical and congnitve competence of these children? In wich way, has theater to be organized in the primary school to promote all children? The results will be used to make up a curriculum for the projekt „School Is Open“ of University School Cologne. Also the model of european theater projects in school will be used for curriculum ideas.

References

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Author Information

Franziska Hermanns (presenting / submitting)

Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg

Köln

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