Research project Explorative Drama workshops for Sustainability in Higher Education
Teaching sustainability issues needs to include both facts, feelings and values in order to deepen learning. The aim of the project is to develop teaching for sustainable development in higher education so that it becomes more interactive and offers students increased participation.
Project description
Teaching sustainability issues needs to integrate conflicts of interest, values and moral dilemmas, but despite this, teaching in higher education focuses largely on factual knowledge. At the same time, there are forms of teaching, like Applied Drama, that have great potential to deepen learning about sustainability issues and that can provide a more holistic view.
Common to these applied drama methods, such as various forms of role-play, forum play, legislative theatre, process drama, and performace, is that they are based on – and often generates – a high degree of interactivity and commitment among the participants.
The aim of this project is to contribute to the development of new forms of teaching for sustainability in higher education, and try out different ways to deal with the didactic challenges that arise. In this project, university teachers and researchers in different disciplines, from eight different countries, gather for two longer workshops in order to experience, explore and finally apply interactive, creative drama work in their own academic teaching.
Project members
Project managers
Eva Österlind
Professor
Eva Hallgren
Senior lecturer
Members
Julia Fries
Doktorand
Kerstin Danckwardt-Lillieström
Forskarstuderande
