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The impact of Drama on students with learning difficulties, career choices in a special school
Author(s) -
MehtaDiston Priya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9604.12220
Subject(s) - drama , curriculum , context (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , pedagogy , intervention (counseling) , psychology , mathematics education , action (physics) , point (geometry) , sociology , computer science , visual arts , art , paleontology , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , machine learning , psychiatry , biology
This article details a piece of small‐scale action‐based research in a school for students with learning difficulties. It focusses on the use of Drama as a means whereby confidence of those students who are at a point of transition to employment can be enhanced. Using qualitative‐based mixed methods of data generation, a range of issues are highlighted relating to the challenges for students with SEND moving into employment. The value of Drama activities both intrinsically within a whole school curriculum, as well as a cross‐curricular intervention, is also noted. Finally, the article reflects on some of the key opportunities in undertaking research of this kind within a school‐based context.