SO172 Structured Drama

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Mohapl Doležal (seminar tutor), MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (deputy)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
SO_DV Drama education projects && SOUHLAS
- Full-time students:
attend classes regularly every week for 2 hours;
in smaller teams, they create and implement their own structuring drama lesson with the target group.

- Students of combined studies:
they complete classes in smaller blocks totaling 12 hours;
in smaller teams, they create and implement their own structuring drama lesson with the target group.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will learn to create larger thematic units built on a narrative or other type of continuous story which will enable them to learn to solve problems by actively identifying themselves with imaginary roles and situations, exploring ideas, events, and relationships. During the course, students will create a scenario of structured dramatic play activities - a teaching program which they will then carry out with a given age level for which the script has been created. They will analyze the outputs of the implementation, and will try to suggest changes to the structure of the program to improve it as well as other variants of its use and continuation. Students will go through the whole process of creating a program from partial exercises and games to designing and elaborating their own program with appropriately chosen methods and techniques corresponding to the selected topic. They will record everything and submitt it with reflection in written form.
Learning outcomes
Define the basic concepts used in creating a structured dramatic play. Describe goals of structured dramatic play. Explain individual conventions used in construction of a structured drama play. Compare domestic and foreign approaches to the so-called story drama. Create a structured dramatic play Make a structured dramatic play with a chosen target group Analyze the specific outputs of the structured dramatic play realization Reflect on your experience with the creation and realization of a structured dramatic play.
Syllabus
  • 1. Drama construction, dramatic situation, drama
  • 2. Acting in role, behavior in play situations, improvisation
  • 3. Methods and techniques of structuring
  • 4. The position and role of the teacher in a structured drama play
  • 5. Preparation and realization of a structured drama play
  • 6. Reflection of structured drama play
Literature
    required literature
  • CLARK, Jim. Lekce pro život : drama a integrované kurikulum. Edited by Marie Pavlovská, Translated by Eva Leňová. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, 127 s. ISBN 9788021045804. info
  • ULRYCHOVÁ, Irina. Drama a příběh : tvorba scénáře příběhového dramatu v dramatické výchově. 1. vydání. Praha: Divadelní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2007, 103 stran. ISBN 9788073310967. info
    recommended literature
  • SVOZILOVÁ, Dana. Analýza strukturované dramatické hry v kontextu dramatické výchovy. Vydání první. Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, 2005, 192 stran. ISBN 8086928101. info
  • MORGAN, Norah and Juliana SAXTON. Vyučování dramatu : hlava plná nápadů. Translated by Helena Zymonová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sdružení pro tvořivou dramatiku, 2001, 250 s. ISBN 8090166024. info
Teaching methods
excercise, discussion, observation
Assessment methods
oral exam, 80% participation, excerpta of required reading, methodology of author's narrative drama.
Náhradní absolvování
In case of a study abroad stay, it is possible to take the course in an alternative form. The student will individually study the required literature listed in the course syllabus and write out excerpts. He/she will arrange an online individual consultation with the course supervisor and then independently write and submit an original narrative drama in relation to the topics and target groups of social pedagogy. The learner will take an oral examination in person or online.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2025/SO172/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: Předmět je součástí profilace Dramatická výchova.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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