Breaking the Cultural Hierarchy: Using Drama to Teach English in Samoa

Rocchio, Rivka

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dc.contributor.author	Rocchio, Rivka	-
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-28T19:56:23Z	-
dc.date.available	2025-08-28T19:56:23Z	-
dc.date.issued	2019-06	-
dc.identifier.citation	Rocchio, R. (2019). Breaking the cultural hierarchy: Using drama to teach English in Samoa. ArtsPraxis, 6 (1), 73-86.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1552-5236	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2451/75305	-
dc.description.abstract	Teaching English is connected to teaching culture and ways of being and thinking. U.S. American ideals are interwoven into language itself. Based on Rivka Rocchio’s experience teaching in local schools in Western Samoa with the Peace Corps, this article shares how using drama-based pedagogy offered chances to level teaching missteps and misunderstandings that had previously exacerbated the power structures involved with teaching English in a foreign country. The article ends with an example of a lesson that demonstrates pedagogy in action. By exploring a case study and the challenges of practicing culturally responsive pedagogies, Rocchio advocates for the power of drama to address sites of contact between cultures.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.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.	en
dc.subject	applied theatre	en
dc.title	Breaking the Cultural Hierarchy: Using Drama to Teach English in Samoa	en
dc.type	Article	en
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