Interconnecting Stakeholders
in Learning and Drama in Serbia
Povezivanje važnih subjekata
u oblastima drame i obrazovanja u Srbiji
Partners
BAZAART, Belgrade
Pedagogical
Cultural
– Applicant
Society of Serbia, Belgrade
Centre Smederevo
CEKOM
- Center for Creative Up/growing and Multicultural
Cooperation, Zrenjanin
HRAST
- Psychological development support Center, Niš
Children’s
Pedagogy
Friends of the New Belgrade Municipality
Students’ Club, Belgrade, associate
Youth Theatre
PATOS, Smederevo, associate
Problem analysis:
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1) School curricula – distanced from reality
2) Teaching Style – directive, non-dialogical,
anachronous
3) Teachers training – inert, reluctant in accepting
professional innovations
4) Cooperation and coordination between
sectors, levels and instances – non-existent and
non-functional
!!! Centralized system and absence of
dialogue and cooperation are blocking
the educational reform
Description of the Action :
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Connecting stakeholders in education who are at
present not cooperating– Civil Society Organizations (CSO)
and schools, teachers and artists, decision makers, researchers,
professors, students...
In order to:
 Empower teachers to become agents of educational reform,
 Bring educational practice closer to practice,
 Improve initial teachers’ formation programs,
 Modernize school curricula.
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We use drama in education to develop cultural sensitivity
and learning skills of children and the youth in Serbia
Philosophy of change:
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2. Teachers in
formal education
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1. CSOs practicing
non/formal education
3. Higher Education Institutes
in teachers preparation programs
4. Decision makers
in the field of education
Activities:
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Seminars for practicing teachers in schools & youth groups: how to apply
drama within the curriculum, how to devise and perform, how to enhance
tolerance, active citizenship, peer collaboration, attitude development etc.
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Collecting best practices, examples, theoretical models – texts, model
descriptions, excerpts from youth productions and publishing them on-line
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Researching teachers’ needs for training in creative and applied drama and
publishing the results
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Seminars for students – future teachers, in 4 HEIs
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Creating teaching & learning tools: the manual “Tolerant Classroom”,
specialized method models for different age groups, plays for school theatre
etc.
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Bringing together stakeholders in drama and education - practitioners,
experts and decision makers - around tribunes, round tables and the
conference
Results:
1.
LOTREC – Local Resource Centers for teachers enable:
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Training min. 80 teachers per year in application of drama in education
2.
DEGAS - Web platform for education and communication of
teachers using drama in Serbia, enables:
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NADEŽDA: a step closer to establishing the National Association of
Drama Educators
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RENOIR: research of educators’ needs for early and vocational training in
creative and applied drama – Pedagogical Society of Serbia
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SEZAN – Seminars for students – future teachers, in 4 HEIs
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MONET - Tribunes, round tables and other dialogical
frameworks discussing curricula reform among practitioners,
experts and decision makers, culminating in:
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ARTERY: National conference dedicated to curricular reform in art
education, especially DRAMA
Added value:
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Redefining of the social role and the authority of a
teacher is an asset for restoration of the value system in
the Serbian society.
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Teachers need to think of their very special position in the
society – the one symbolizing progress, prosperity, culture
and nobility of spirit, while their role of fostering the future
obliges them with honor and incomparable responsibility.
Connect the