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What is the DICE project?

• International - 12 countries, including Palestine (The Gaza Strip)• Two years long• Research• Effects of drama in education on competences:

– Communication skills– Learning skills– Social skills, civic competence– Initiative, Creativity, Innovation– Cultural expression

Goals

• Research (quantitative and qualitative)– Effects of drama in education on the competences– Results presented to teachers, school administrators, education policy

makers– Translated to 12 languages (including Arabic)

• Education Resource– How to use drama to improve competences and skills– Translated to12 languages (including Arabic)

• Compare drama in education in different countries– Learning from each other

Project partners

• Czech Republic: Charles University, Prague

• Palestine (The Gaza Strip): Theatre Day Productions

• Hungary: Káva Drama/Theatre in Education Company - Consortium leader

• Netherlands: Foundation Leesmij

• Norway: Bergen University College

• Poland: University of Gdansk

• Portugal: Technical University of Lisbon

• Romania: Sigma Art Foundation

• Serbia: Center for Drama in Education and Art CEDEUM

• Slovenia: Taka Tuka Club

• Sweden: Culture Centre for Children and Youth in Umea

• United Kingdom: Big Brum Theatre in Education Co. Ltd.

Project partners

• East, West, North, South equally represented• 4 big national universities• Internationally high-level professionals

Competences we will measure

1. Communication skills (talking, understanding)

2. Learning skills (learning how to learn)

3. Social skills, civic competence (treating conflicts, treating aggression, strengthening communities, accepting each other)

4. Initiative, creativity, Innovation (solving problems in a creative way)

5. Cultural expression (doing culture, respecting culture)

We believe drama has effect on all of these!

How do we measure

All research materials were developed jointly by the 12 project partners.

• Questionnaire for children• Questionnaire for teachers• Observation of the drama programs• Questionnaire for drama program leaders• External assessors• Questionnaire for key drama experts

In all 12 countries we use exactly the same questionnaires.

PLUS: Individual qualitative researches in each country (e.g. Adam Rusilowski’s research)

What results we will have

To what extent drama has an effect on children?

• Quantitative (numbers, percentages, charts)• Qualitative (case stories, interviews, best practices)• Quantitative and qualitative results not competing, but completing

each other

How many young people do we measure?

• Classes of young people (13-16 years old)

• 16 groups / country (minimum 320 young people) or more• Altogether more than 5000 young people from 12 countries

Out of the 16 groups per country:• 8 research groups, 8 control groups• 4+4 continuous groups, 4+4 one occasion groups

Research in The Gaza Strip

Theatre Day Productions

Beit Hanoun schools• 4 drama groups in boys’ school from UNRWA, • 4 drama groups in girls’ school from UNRWA,• 1 kids for kids production in boys’s school of UNRWA (small scene

we saw)

All workshops visited by 2 observers (we will hear the experiences of Ms. Basima Alqudweh)

Estimated outcomes

• 5 project meetings, 66 travels• Research results translated to 12 languages (including Arabic),

sent to min. 3000 education leaders• Education Resource about how to use drama to improve the

competences, translated to 12 languages (including Arabic), sent to min. 3000 teachers

• 12 000 children and young people benefiting from drama in education

• 12 national conferences, reaching min. 600 education leaders• Closing conference in Brussels, reaching min. 100 education

leaders in the European Union administration level• Website: www.dramanetwork.eu

Next steps

• April 2010: Research ends • July 2010: Research report published• August 2010: Education Resource published • September 2010: 12 national conferences • October 2010: Closing conference in Brussels

Expected long term effects

• More support to drama in education at national and international level

• More drama in national and international education policies• More and better university level education of drama• More and better use of drama in the classrooms

The last is the most important!

Thank you!

www.dramanetwork.eu

Cziboly Ádám

cziboly.adam@kavaszinhaz.hu

+36-20-33-56-504