Title: | Can Theatre for the Very Young Dare to Talk about Prejudice and Inclusion? |
Authors: | McNally, Gillian Rutter, Amanda |
Keywords: | theatre for the very young |
Issue Date: | Dec-2021 |
Citation: | McNally, G., & Rutter, A. (2021). Can theatre for the very young dare to talk about prejudice and inclusion? ArtsPraxis, 8 (2), 1-17. |
Abstract: | In 2021, students at the University of Northern Colorado performed a filmed version of the play Blue by Annie Cusack Wood. This Theatre for the Young (TVY) piece asks audiences to look at themes of prejudice and inclusion for children under the age of five. In this first-ever U.S. study on TVY, the authors ask: what impact can a TVY play have on children’s understanding of prejudice and inclusion? Through surveys to pre-school teachers, the authors document the social and emotional impact of the play on very young children and analyze the potential of artist-educator collaborations to discuss, reflect, and think deeply about serious social issues with very young children and break silos between different sectors of education with similar educational aspirations. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75248 |
ISSN: | 1552-5236 |
Rights: | ArtsPraxis is published by the NYU Steinhardt Program in Educational Theatre; author(s) retain copyright of the work though they have given irrevocable right to reproduce, transmit, distribute, make available through an archive, sell, and otherwise use the Accepted Contribution as it is published in the Journal. |
Appears in Collections: | ArtsPraxis Volume 8, Issue 2 |
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