Keywords
Drama in education, Education (Elementary) -- Curricula, Lesson planning, Mathematics -- Study and teaching, Playwriting, Theater -- Study and teaching, Word problems (Mathematics)
Abstract
Arts-Across-the-Curriculum is gaining popularity in the field of education as arts programs are being cut from schools and teachers looks for ways to incorporate art in their classroom. Most of these teachers have minimal formal arts training, but recognize the importance of introducing their students to various fine arts disciplines. These educators seek opportunities to learn new ways to bring arts to their students and may bring teaching artists into their classrooms to teach students or teachers. The clear connection between drama and the core subjects of history and literature allow teaching artists to easily create units utilizing both curriculum areas. Mathematics does not present clear connections to drama and the prevalence of mathematics anxiety, especially in the arts, prevents connections from being made. As an educator, theatre artist and lover of mathematics, Arts-Across-the-Curriculum provides me a opportunity to meld these together as a way to help young people find excitement in their education. Partnering with a fourth grade teacher, I developed a unit of lesson plans using playwriting as a way to understand word problems that was user-friendly for a teacher with no arts training. The Dramath Unit was integrated into the class as part of regular curriculum taught by the participating classroom teacher. Based on feedback from the participating teacher, I revised the unit for future use.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2011
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Weaver, Earl
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
Theatre
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0003618
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003618
Language
English
Release Date
April 2014
Length of Campus-only Access
3 years
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic, Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities
STARS Citation
Bryson, Lucy Lynn, "Drama + Math = Dramath" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2018.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2018