Open AccessTheatre and Critical Consciousness in Teacher Education
Author(s) -
David Dillon
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v2i1.283
Subject(s) - critical consciousness , consciousness , empowerment , pedagogy , social justice , teacher education , social consciousness , the arts , consciousness raising , critical pedagogy , psychology , sociology , political science , visual arts , social science , art , law , neuroscience
Education for social justice, or critical pedagogy, is designed to empower learners and often uses the arts as primary pedagogical means. It has gained increasing attention in teacher education in recent years. However, the author’s use of critical approaches to theatre with teacher education students raised serious questions about their limited level of consciousness, or empowerment, but also alternate possibilities, including theatre, for empowering students during their teacher education programs.