Exploring the Moral Values of Trust and Care through Process Drama in a Chinese Primary School: The Case of Workshop A Lion in Paris 過程戲劇對中國小學生信任與關愛品質培養的個案研究
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Based on an in-depth case study of a workshop adapted from the picture book A Lion in Paris, this paper explores the possibilities of introducing drama to promote primary children’s moral values of trust and care in the Chinese educational context. It points out that process drama may offer an ensemble-based and playful pedagogy to complement the rigid and didactic teaching in the existing moral curriculum Moral and Legal Education2. It then argues for the potential of story-based drama as an innovative pedagogy that may help the pupils develop the virtues such as trust and care. The fieldwork was undertaken in a public primary school in Beijing, in which the workshop was taught to 16 children on a voluntary basis. The evidence suggests that the incorporation of educational drama as an extra-curricular activity of a primary school is workable, and this new approach can be seen to some extent to assist pupils in establishing trustworthy and caring relationships in a drama classroom. The author hopes the study might stimulate more and deeper research on the use of the drama pedagogy in similar contexts.
本文為作者在中國一間小學內,以過程戲劇用於兒童道德教育的個案研究。工作坊改編自繪本故事《一隻獅子在巴黎》,用以探討在中國教育背景下,引入戲劇教學法促進小學生信任與關愛品質發展的可能性。作者認為,過程戲劇在某種程度上能夠提供一種團體協作、寓教於樂的教學方法,以補充中國小學主流的德育課程中偏重說教等不足之處。作者梳理了過程戲劇作為一種創新的教學方法用以培養兒童信任與關愛之美德的相關理論,並介紹了教案故事以及研究方法。北京一所公立小學的16名小學生在自願的基礎上參與了工作坊。研究結果表明,將過程戲劇以課外社團活動的方式納入中國小學是可行的,這種新的教學方法在一定程度上能夠幫助學生在戲劇課堂上建立相互信任、相互關愛的人際關係。作者希望藉此研究,抛磚引玉,吸引更多學者在運用戲劇教學法促進兒童道德發展的領域進行更多、更深入的探索。
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