Express yourself

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Know the different group dynamics for coordinating groups in emotional and creative education.
• Know the different drama techniques used in education.
• Learn how to foster creativity in the classroom to motivate students.
• To learn about emotional management. Active listening, empathy, and assertiveness.
• To evaluate the behavior of the educational community with which theatre tools are im
• Developing skills in conflict resolution.
• Become more aware of the impact of teachers on students’ development and lives.
• Effectively support the process of pupil development.
• Improve communication skills and the process of building relationships between students, teachers, and the whole educational community.
• To know and be able to use a range of dramatic and creative tools to meet children’s needs.
• To know how to help pupils with their emotional and physical problems.
• Feel more motivated and enthusiastic to develop in their daily work.
• To have the necessary tools to organize their activities and evaluate their progress.

• DAY 1: A place to trust, a place to be: “the dramatic game”?

Presentation activity in different ways of creative expression: why we are here? Our desires and expectations of the course

Introduction of the course contents and learning outcomes.

The pleasure of playing: Connecting with our inner child to play with children: Different types of games and First stages of a drama session.

Kit Creating the Safe and Freedom Environment. Listening with our Body-Heart. The Art of Being in the Present as a Gift. The importance of body in action in the Education.

Sharing in a collective creation: what I have learned today.

• DAY 2: I know myself and I know yourself: “opening the door to our creativity”

Waking Up: Connection with our Body and Today’s Inner Sensations and Feelings.

Creative and Body Expression: Exercise and Dynamics. Self-Awareness. Cohesion-Values.

Imagination, stories and characters’ creation. Creative collection. Tools to applied those concepts to different target groups. Second Stage of a Drama Session.

Sharing what I have learned with creativity writing. Theory of The Drama applied in children education.

• DAY 3: The power of telling and creating own stories. Creative narrative and tales applied to theatre.

Waking Up: Connection with our Body and with our group.

Connecting with our affective memory: what stories do they tell us?

Fairy tales and drama applied to creative writing. The technique of the mural character’s and the empty chair.

Contemporary tales and drama applied to creative writing. Decision Alley or Thought Tunnel.

Sharing what I have learned with creativity writing. Theory of The Drama applied in children education.

• DAY 4: Music to express emotions and stories. Musicotherapy.

The music as a universal language. Tools to enhance personal and interpersonal freedom and creativity. The power of listening. Sonorous body and Intersubjectivity.

My musical body. The silent Orchestra and games of body percussions. Applications in the learning experiences.

Musical identity -Musical reflections. Song writing

• DAY 5: The social theatre. Spontaneous and sociodrama.

Waking Up: Connection with our Body and Today’s Inner Sensations and Feelings. Spontaneous and Playback Theatre. Our personal stories to the scene.

The collective creation to solve conflicts: Role-playing, sociodrama. Use of cloth, puppets images, role-changing- psychodrama techniques.

Sharing our learning in a body-jam.

The approach will be practical, enjoyable, creative, and expressive.

We will work predominantly in groups and small teams, encouraging reflection and creativity to increase capacity and action. We will use games, drama and art techniques and analyze exhibitions from each module and group dynamics.

The skills acquired by the participants can be useful for:

• Conduct educational projects through play and experiential learning as a means of teaching. For example, improving communication skills in a foreign language through theatre, but also improving social skills.
• To test and develop their pedagogical and communication skills and improve their collaboration with students.
• To contribute to the creation of a new, open, inclusive and participatory school.
• To increase motivation for professional and pupil development.
• Encourage teamwork to introduce dramatic and creative tools in their centers.