Drama education within the context of national and international strategies

Fridrichová, Petra, 1982-

Drama education within the context of national and international strategies / Petra Fridrichová, Zuzana Kováčová. -- The present time is extensively marked by the technical revolution 4.0, which has changed the character of the factories and therefore the employee requirements. We can expect changes which are to affect the employees’ character, the systems of work and the cooperation among colleagues. Communication and cooperation at work will not only be at a personal, face-to-face level, but it will be necessary to cooperate with colleagues who work in another country or continent through the cyberspace. The daily workload will focus on problem solving, creativity, communication and collaboration, while manual and routine activities will be reduced and replaced by machines. We can also expect that, during our lifetime, we will change workplaces and jobs more often than we do at present. We need to prepare for the changes that will happen in our life and, in this context, we need to be motivated for lifelong studying, to be open to changes, to be able to cooperate with a team but also lead a team, and to display initiative for change. In this light, the aim of the present paper is to analyse international and national educational strategies with a view to developing competences for the 21st century and to highlight the potential of drama education in the development of these competencies. The vision of the future, which is influenced by robotisation and automation, is a huge challenge for both formal education and informal learning. Problem solving, initiative, stress management, collaboration for problem solving, presentation skills and responsiveness to change are the skills that are necessary for a successful person who lives in the 21st century. International educational strategies support the introduction of these skills in the curriculum of formal education, one of the paths being the promotion of drama education in national curricula. In this paper we present, under the theoretical scope, how drama education could increase interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies.

In Theatre/drama and performing arts in education: Utopia or necessity? : 8. diethnis syndiaskepsi gia to theatro stin ekpaideusi, Atény, 23-25.2018. -- Atény : Hellenic Theatre/Drama and Education Network, 2019. -- 592 s.. -- ISBN ISBN 978-960-9529-05-1. -- Pp. 111-120