Towards an emancipatory praxis of pedagogy: supporting acting students with dyslexia when working on Shakespeare
Autor: | Petronilla Whitfield |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Class (computer programming)
Praxis Visual Arts and Performing Arts media_common.quotation_subject Dyslexia 06 humanities and the arts Mnemonic medicine.disease Language and Linguistics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 060402 drama & theater Reading (process) Pedagogy medicine Psychology Articulation (sociology) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 0604 arts Music Studio media_common |
Zdroj: | Voice and Speech Review. 9:113-138 |
ISSN: | 2326-8271 2326-8263 |
DOI: | 10.1080/23268263.2016.1183918 |
Popis: | The presence of students with SpLD (dyslexia) in actor-training institutions is an increasingly common occurrence. This article argues that there is an urgent need to develop inclusive strategies of support in the voice and acting studio that can effectively enable those with dyslexia, while promoting equality of opportunity for realization of potential. Focusing on the author’s research concerning the facilitation of acting students with dyslexia in the areas of reading, speaking and acting of Shakespeare, this article begins by highlighting specific difficulties presented by dyslexia. It goes on to describe a case study of two acting students with dyslexia and their visually led methods employed in entering Shakespeare’s text. The second workshop section offers a pedagogical strategy for the inclusive voice class when working on Shakespeare, while the third section dedicated to participant three demonstrates how a dyslexic acting student uses a visually led approach in enhancing her articulation of spee... |
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