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Returning to the Classroom: Navigating Educational Outreach Program Challenges through Relational Performance in a Post-COVID World

Cole, Sarah Elizabeth
http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7085-5330
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1714789081186667

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2024, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Theatre.
This reflective practitioner research study explores the potentials for the reimplementation of effective university theatre outreach programming for K-12 schools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as both populations navigate shifting education cultures. Through this study, the researcher asks the questions: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected and continues to affect our respective learning communities? What factors are influencing the specific needs and preferences from theatre education programs? What are the challenges of creating a program that addresses the needs of two distinct education sectors? How do critical and creative pedagogies in theatre education inform a way forward that empowers all individuals involved? Utilizing the 2023 Ohio State University Theatre Performance and Education Outreach School Tour as a case study, this inquiry investigates the ways in which the tour structure may provide a space for students and teachers to participate in critical pedagogies and dialogical practices within the classroom structure. Through examination of historical archive review, teacher interviews, and observational reflection, this study concludes with recommendations for practical strategies that encourage our respective educational communities to lean on each other’s expertise nd to center the voices of and lived experiences of multi-generational students within the creative practice.
Claudia Wier (Committee Member)
E.J. Westlake (Advisor)
115 p.
Theater
theatre education; touring performance; theatre; theatre for youth; critical pedagogy;

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  • Cole, S. E. (2024). Returning to the Classroom: Navigating Educational Outreach Program Challenges through Relational Performance in a Post-COVID World [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1714789081186667

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cole, Sarah. Returning to the Classroom: Navigating Educational Outreach Program Challenges through Relational Performance in a Post-COVID World . 2024. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1714789081186667.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cole, Sarah. "Returning to the Classroom: Navigating Educational Outreach Program Challenges through Relational Performance in a Post-COVID World ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1714789081186667

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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