Theatre in critical education - Exploring issues of work and family life coherence in a Danish context
(2016) SIMV15 20161Graduate School
- Abstract
- How does theatre function as a pedagogical tool in critical education? Through a qualitative case study on a political educational project initiated by a Danish trade union, this thesis explores how theatre can be used as a pedagogical strategy in education that seek to promote social change. The educational project is about issues of work and family life coherence, and through the lens of critical education, this thesis examines how understandings of these issues are constructed within the educational project. Departing from deconstructionist theories, the thesis emphasis how social categories of class and gender affect how participants construct their understanding of issues related to work and family life coherence, but also examine how... (More)
- How does theatre function as a pedagogical tool in critical education? Through a qualitative case study on a political educational project initiated by a Danish trade union, this thesis explores how theatre can be used as a pedagogical strategy in education that seek to promote social change. The educational project is about issues of work and family life coherence, and through the lens of critical education, this thesis examines how understandings of these issues are constructed within the educational project. Departing from deconstructionist theories, the thesis emphasis how social categories of class and gender affect how participants construct their understanding of issues related to work and family life coherence, but also examine how divergent meanings are negotiated in the educational setting. The findings show, that the narrative form of theatre can engage participants in the educational project in ways that holds potential for promoting social change. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- How does theatre function as a pedagogical tool in critical education? Through a qualitative case study on a political educational project initiated by a Danish trade union, this thesis explores how theatre can be used as a pedagogical strategy in education that seek to promote social change. The educational project is about issues of work and family life coherence, and through the lens of critical education, this thesis examines how understandings of these issues are constructed within the educational project. Departing from deconstructionist theories, the thesis emphasis how social categories of class and gender affect how participants construct their understanding of issues related to work and family life coherence, but also examine how... (More)
- How does theatre function as a pedagogical tool in critical education? Through a qualitative case study on a political educational project initiated by a Danish trade union, this thesis explores how theatre can be used as a pedagogical strategy in education that seek to promote social change. The educational project is about issues of work and family life coherence, and through the lens of critical education, this thesis examines how understandings of these issues are constructed within the educational project. Departing from deconstructionist theories, the thesis emphasis how social categories of class and gender affect how participants construct their understanding of issues related to work and family life coherence, but also examine how divergent meanings are negotiated in the educational setting. The findings show, that the narrative form of theatre can engage participants in the educational project in ways that holds potential for promoting social change. (Less)
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- author
- Berg, Anna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV15 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Critical education, theatre, Work and family life coherence, Gender, Class
- language
- English
- id
- 8890232
- date added to LUP
- 2016-09-29 16:09:44
- date last changed
- 2016-09-29 16:09:44
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abstract = {{How does theatre function as a pedagogical tool in critical education? Through a qualitative case study on a political educational project initiated by a Danish trade union, this thesis explores how theatre can be used as a pedagogical strategy in education that seek to promote social change. The educational project is about issues of work and family life coherence, and through the lens of critical education, this thesis examines how understandings of these issues are constructed within the educational project. Departing from deconstructionist theories, the thesis emphasis how social categories of class and gender affect how participants construct their understanding of issues related to work and family life coherence, but also examine how divergent meanings are negotiated in the educational setting. The findings show, that the narrative form of theatre can engage participants in the educational project in ways that holds potential for promoting social change.}},
author = {{Berg, Anna}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Theatre in critical education - Exploring issues of work and family life coherence in a Danish context}},
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}