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Volume 6, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 2054-7668
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Abstract

Playback Theatre (PT) training with youth may be uniquely suited to enable the development of healthy pro-social behaviour amongst adolescents. In this study, 22 participants who were engaged in the Keep the Peace Leadership Program (KPLP), a PT initiative addressing themes of bullying perpetration and victimization, were interviewed about their experience. Qualitative findings were translated into an ethnodramatic play entitled to illuminate how PT fostered dialogue about different kinds of bullying.

Resumen

El entrenamiento en Teatro Playback (PT) con jóvenes puede ser especialmente adecuado para estimular el desarrollo de comportamientos pro-sociales saludables entre adolescentes. En este estudio, se entrevistó a 22 participantes en el Programa de Liderazgo Keep the Peace (KPLP), una iniciativa de PT que aborda temas de perpetración y victimización por acoso escolar. Los hallazgos cualitativos se tradujeron en una obra etnodramática titulada Phoenix Rising para iluminar cómo PT fomentó el diálogo sobre diferentes tipos de acoso escolar.

Résumé

La formation de Théâtre (PT en anglais dans le texte) avec les jeunes peut être particulièrement adaptée pour permettre le développement d’un comportement pro-social sain chez les adolescents. Dans cette étude, 22 participants qui étaient engagés dans le (KPLP) – une initiative de TP traitant des thèmes de l’intimidation et de la victimisation – ont été interrogés sur leur expérience. Les résultats qualitatifs ont été traduits dans une pièce ethnodramatique intitulée pour montrer comment le PT a favorisé le dialogue sur différents types d’intimidation.

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