The role of quality literature and literacy outcomes in process drama
Dr John Nicholas Saunders is the Director of Education and Community Partnership at Sydney Theatre Company. His PhD explored the impact of drama-based pedagogy on English and literacy learning. In this short video, he explains how process drama can be used to teach quality literature and help achieve literacy outcomes.
Key Messages
- Using drama strategies with children's literature can improve student English and literacies outcomes
- The best texts to explore through drama are rich and layered
- The episodic pre-text model of drama breaks the story down into episodes to better explore themes, ideas or concepts