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Perspectives On The Relationship Between Theatre And Education: A West Australian Case Study, Ceri Anne Nordling
Perspectives On The Relationship Between Theatre And Education: A West Australian Case Study, Ceri Anne Nordling
Theses : Honours
Many professional theatre companies incorporate education departments within their organisational structure to develop education offerings for schools. Education within the context of professional theatre companies offers multiple capacity building benefits. Consequently, education departments clearly have a role in strategically shaping contemporary Australian theatre companies. (Edwards & Upton, 2014). Likewise, the well documented positive impacts of arts learning is recognised by the sector. This has prompted widespread drama-education advocacy from education and theatre industries respectively, as well as through the combined efforts of education and industry partnerships. However, this project argues that for partnerships to sustain relevancy and cross-sector support, researchers …