““We don’t need no education”We don’t need no education”Representation and Dramatization Representation and Dramatization

in Secondary School Classesin Secondary School Classes

Which education do “we” need?

Paulo Frere Deschooling Society

As Neill Summerhill

• to represent:to show or describe someone

REPRESENTATION

• The act of dramatizing, the dramatized version of

a novel or a story

DramatizationDramatization

• To compose and recite or perform without preparation

Improvisation

12 - 15 years old young adolescents

16 - 18 years old adolescents

Students 12 - 18Students 12 - 18

Practical Suggestions

• ROLE PLAYING (representing the characters of the dialogue, representing the role of the teacher – conflict resolution)

SIMULATION (guided practice, free practice)

• Reading or narrating stories

• Dramatizing stories

• Making up a story

STORIES

DRAMA

• acting out

• preparing a performance

• Drama:Drama: Journey Through TimeJourney Through Time

• 2 PLAYS2 PLAYSMythology: “The Kidnapping”

Shakespearean: “King Arthur”

• StorytellersStorytellers

•3 STORIES3 STORIESScience Fiction: “…and then they were gone”

Contemporary: Aimar and the school trip”

Detective: “Lady Barrett’s ring”

•PROJECTSPROJECTS

DEBATES

Talk shows

Panel discussions

BEYOND THE BEYOND THE CLASSROOMCLASSROOM pages pages at the end of each at the end of each

unit provide:unit provide:

o Cross-curricular Cross-curricular dimensiondimension

o Special links through Special links through the the Hillside Portal,Hillside Portal, appropriate for appropriate for multi-level classesmulti-level classes

PRESENTATIONS

(using the INTERNET)

ORGANIZING A BAZAAR

ProjectsProjects(individual/group projects)(individual/group projects)

PostersPosters

InvitationsInvitations

Organizing class eventsOrganizing class events