An exploration of aspects of the South African Bill of Rights through applied drama amongst young adults (care givers) at Rena Le Lona Creative Centre for Children, Johannesburg South Africa

[摘要] ThisresearchreportevaluatesanexplorationofhowAppliedDramamethodscanaidthe pedagogy of Human Rights and encourage an attitude of responsibility towards human rights amongyoung adult caregivers at the Rena la Lona Creative Centre in Soweto, South Africa. Human Rights are basic standards which inform the standard of living among people so that they live in dignity. Inthe contextofthisstudy,HumanrightseducationthroughApplied Drama methods is the means through which people are empowered and are given a sense for responsibility.ThestudyconsistedoftheuseofAppliedDramamethodstoarticulatetheeducationof equalityandHumanrights.Thiswasdonethroughapractice-basedresearchframework wherein the research is informed by collective practice and also relies on theoretical findings. The first chapter articulates the background and justification of study. Chapter two focuses on theliteratureandmethodologythatinformthestudy.Chapterthreeexplorestheresearch findings through an analysis of the methods used and the learning derived from the practice. Chapter four concludes with the reflection around the research results. The conclusion asserts that the explored Applied Drama methods can be used as a tool for holistic education of the SouthAfricanBillofRightswithinaninformaleducationsetting suchastheRenala LonaCreative Centre.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand