The aim of this study is to investigate theatre plays for children staged by
the State Theatres and private theatre companies in one specific theatre season in
Bursa in terms of their essential language, physical, educational, entertainment
and social characteristics. More specifically, the present study examines
appropriateness of theatre plays for children in term of these essential
characteristics stated by the experts and also opinions of audiences, parents,
teachers, and professionals gained by interviews.
Twelve preschool children between the ages of 5 and 6, ten parents who
had 5 or 6-year-old children, and two preschool drama teachers were asked about
their opinions after attending one or more of the theatre plays which were chosen
for the study. The theatre plays which were chosen for the study were also scored
according to the five different essential characteristics by two coders by using the
&ldquo / theatre for young audiences evaluation rubric&rdquo / which was developed by the
researcher based on the literature.
The study presented the composition of the information gained from the
interviews and the characteristics scores of each theatre play. The results revealed
that
As an outcome, this study documented general information about the
existing, required and desired characteristics of theatre plays for children / specific
information about the current status of theatre plays for children in Bursa / and
also implications and suggestions for parents, educators, playwrights, theatre
directors and further studies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611061/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2009 |
| Creators | Olmez, Husniye Nihan |
| Contributors | Erdiller Akin, Zeynep Berna |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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