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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3871-3875
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WCES-2010

The teaching of science through the performing arts

David T. Overton a … Maria Chatzichristodoulou b

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Abstract
Educational thinking in England currently includes emphasis on creativity. Planned curriculum redesign for primary schools
recommends aspects of thematic contexts and cross curricular links. Student teachers in the School of Education will be required
to deliver this curriculum on entering the teaching profession. The study arises from a desire to explore the teaching of science
concepts through the performing arts thus examining elements of a cross curricular nature and blurring subject boundaries.
Education students work closely with students from the School of Arts and New Media to produce performances designed to
address ‘difficult to teach’ science concepts. These performances will then be presented to children in their primary schools. This
study explores potential shifts in attitude to, and engagement with, science by the participants or, conversely, their engagement
with the performing arts. The relevant data is collected by questionnaires and semi-structured interviews.

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Keywords
Interdisciplinary; science; performing arts; creativity; education
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