Drama and Theatre Education

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Contents Autism Error! Bookmark not defined. Characteristics of Autism Error! Bookmark not defined. Signs and Symptoms Error! Bookmark not defined. Symptoms Management Error! Bookmark not defined. Classroom Implications Error! Bookmark not defined. Autism within the Barbadian classroom Environs Error! Bookmark not defined. Works Cited Error! Bookmark not defined. Drama & Theatre Education Written Paper Jamarr Brown Erdiston Teachers’ Training College Course: DR101/201: Drama & Theatre Education Written Paper Tutors: Ms. J. Sealy & Mrs. C. Spencer-Cross Date: 2nd July, 2014 Drama & Theatre Education Written Paper In my pursuit of the associate degree in education at the Erdiston Teachers’ College, I have been exposed to various teaching strategies. These strategies have given me the knowledge to deliver instruction to students when I return to the classroom. I thought I was well equipped with all of the strategies I would need to know and have to be an effective teacher; but oh was I so wrong! The course Drama and Theatre Education has taken me to another level of achieving to be one of the best educators this island has ever produced. The skills and strategies that I have learnt show a different and exciting way to deliver instruction and get positive results coming from your students. With this experience earned from being a part of this course it is only fitting for me to strongly agree that drama and dance should be included in the schools’ curriculum in Barbados. It is amazing to note that after some 25 or so years after, in the year 1995, the then Ministry of Education Youth Affairs and Culture looking at reforming education with the White Paper on Education Reform did not seek to include drama and dance into the curriculum then. The vision was not seen then however some five years later, The Personal Empowerment in Art
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