Teacher as Fool: A Study of the Teacher's Power in the Carnivalesque Practice of Drama Education

Autor/in	Tam, Po Chi
Titel	Teacher as Fool: A Study of the Teacher's Power in the Carnivalesque Practice of Drama Education
Quelle	In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 26 (2018) 2, S.283-300 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tam, Po Chi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1366
DOI	10.1080/14681366.2017.1390492
Schlagwörter	Drama; Teacher Role; Early Childhood Education; Educational Theories; Educational Practices; Creative Activities; Ethnography; Classroom Techniques; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Dramatic Play; Dramatics; Foreign Countries; Observation; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schauspiel; Lehrerrolle; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Bildungspraxis; Ethnografie; Klassenführung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Dramatisches Mittel; Theaterstück; Dramatik; Ausland; Beobachtung; Hongkong
Abstract	In this paper, drawing on Bakhtin's carnival theory, I argue that teachers can play a transgressive role--similar to that of the carnival fool--by taking on a story role and by interacting with the children in the drama convention of Teacher-in-Role. The carnival notion of 'decrowning-crowning' allows me to understand how the teachers disguise and share their power in the drama classroom. Based on a lesson conducted in a Hong Kong kindergarten, I investigate how the teachers and the children's acting bodies, exaggerated emotions and transgressive props can materialise 'decrowning-crowning' actions. In the process, the teachers decrown themselves of their own authority, parody the given story and at the same time, crown the children to laugh, feel, respond and act freely. However, the mainstream ideology and educational culture prevailing in Hong Kong can regress in the process and serve to restrict, if not counterfeit, the decrowning-crowning process. (As Provided).
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