Conquering the Zoombies. Why we need drama in online settings
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2022
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Göksel, Eva
Abraham, Nicola
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Department of German, University College Cork
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Abstract
In this piece we offer a reflexive account of our recent experiences of teaching with drama in two different online settings. Eva will recount her practice teaching trainee teachers in Switzerland and Nicky will recall her practice working with postgraduate applied theatre students in a drama school in the UK. Over and over again, we have encountered the mind-set that teaching drama online is “not possible”, or at the very least, that it is but a pale reflection of face-to-face teaching. Although we were out of our comfort zone at first, we now feel that teaching with drama online has its place in our fast-paced and increasingly technological world. Teaching and learning in digital contexts will likely remain a reality from now on, thus it is the purpose of this article to make the case for the creative potential of and indeed urgent need for online teaching that includes drama.
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Drama online , Zoombies , Digital pedagogy , Reciprocity , Creativity , Teacher training , Reflexivity , Play , Wellbeing
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Göksel, E. and Abraham, N. (2022) 'Conquering the Zoombies. Why we need drama in online settings', Scenario: A Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, XVI(2), pp. 93-113. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.16.2.6