北京樂成國際學(xué)校戲劇舞臺背后的藝術(shù)教育
時間：2023-03-08 07:00:03
今天GJXX小編搜羅了北京樂成國際學(xué)校戲劇舞臺背后的藝術(shù)教育希望給擇校的家長們提供參考。
Confidence is one of the most important traits we can possess, but where can young students learn and develop their self-confidence? Sara, BCIS’s very own drama teacher in the Secondary School, has the answer to this important educational question:
“When I first started at BCIS, I had a student in Grade 9. When she joined my class, her English was very limited, and that made her have very low self-esteem and self-confidence in school in general, because she really struggled to communicate with people. So, I tried to include her in everything, and give her that push outside of her comfort zone to try speaking English. It’s so important that we have a safe environment to do that. This student in particular really came out of her shell and became more confident speaking English. She even performed at the Shorts Festival, which was a really big deal for her. At the beginning of the year, she really didn’t want to speak in front of the class at all, and then, when she performed in front of everybody, her teachers and everyone were so shocked at how confident she could be on stage, and how well she could communicate.”
Our marvelous performing arts teachers explain how learning takes place in their classesSuccess stories like this one are common at BCIS. For many of our students, performing arts is an excellent way to sharpen their talents and gain self-confidence. This confidence is just one of the many benefits classes like drama and music provide our students. The wonderful teachers at BCIS bring diverse and unique approaches that give students a special opportunity to act out their dreams. This experience gives students skills that they can transfer to the rest of their learning, as well as their lives outside school.
At BCIS, students begin to explore performance early in their educational journeys. At the ECC, young learners begin to practice their artistic expression through play-based learning. What feels like play to students: sock-puppet acting, musical instruments, and more, are actually activities to improve critical communication skills for the children. This play-based approach gives young students a solid foundation of confident communication to take with them as they continue learning.
As students move to the ES, they have even more opportunities to explore different performance arts. Subjects such as music are interlinked with our inquiry-based approach, which emphasizes student choice and voice. Our ES Music Teacher, Grant, explains how he incorporates such inquiry, stating, “One of the ways we do this is a mixture of direct instruction, and students inquiring with both instruments we have in the classrooms, and singing techniques and performance techniques as well.” These many fantastic opportunities allow students to take charge of their own learning, choosing instruments and sounds to express themselves and their interests. In this way, students continue to learn, while finding their favorite ways to perform and share their experience with others.
The diversity of learning opportunities continues to grow when learners reach the Secondary School. When students enter the middle school in Grade 6, they take classes in three different types of arts: music, visual art, and drama. However, as the students discover their talents and interests, they can choose two of the three to pursue at a deeper level. Once students reach Grade 9, they can pick their favorite form of art to study for an entire year, at an advanced level. Choosing to focus on a single area of study in the arts does not limit students at BCIS as they have numerous opportunities to continue exploring creativity and refining their expressive skills through Enrichment Activities. This fantastic approach lets students find their favorite form of artistic expression, without limiting their autonomy of choice in the direction of their learning.
The depth of study BCIS students undertake in their art program of choice allows them to create and direct some truly amazing performances. For example, the drama students in our Secondary School recently debuted their productions at our annual “Shorts Festival”. For the Shorts Festival, students were tasked with coming up with a brief 10-minute play, where they managed all the writing, production, and design. Although this challenged our drama students on many levels of the playwriting process, their hard work was appreciated by the many BCISers who showed up to see their lovely shorts!
Activities such as the Shorts Festival give our students the chance to lead activities that impact the community. They also give students valuable skills that they can take with them throughout their lives. Our SS Drama Teacher, Sara, explains how confidence is one of the most important traits students learn in drama, saying, “I think the most important benefit is just building of their self-confidence. We get a lot of students who are shy. We really try to nurture them and build up their confidence through all of our class activities and projects they do.” This confidence was evident on the stage during the Shorts Festival and shows up as students take other classes and participate in other activities as well.
Sara and the drama teachers also work on valuable communication skills. Acting requires students to have a good command of speech, while also using nonverbal cues such as body language and facial expressions to convey their feelings and stories to the audience. Such techniques are important off the stage and help students long after the final curtain calls of their high school plays. BCIS art students have the confidence and the tools to work with others in a variety of contexts.
Drama is not the only subject that helps our students develop their talents and skills. Students who choose music gain similar boosts in self-confidence and communication through their concerts and performances. Teamwork as a whole band is also important in music. “One of the biggest areas is the idea of collaboration. Everyone has to collaborate in music, and that’s a life skill that students will need both at university and in the workplace,” says our SS Music Teacher, Dominic. No matter what form of art BCIS students choose to pursue, they will be set up to succeed with the vital skills they gain through performance.
Confidence, communication, collaboration. These are three invaluable traits that students of the performing arts at BCIS will take with them regardless of what they decide to pursue in life. The lessons learners experience in classes like music and drama stick with students and inspire them in their daily lives. As our Middle School Music Teacher, Randy, says, “These lessons and collaborations often instigate passions for students that lead them to become lifelong learners.” This is one of the many ways BCIS sets the stage for student success, in school and in life!
演出開始之前，燈光全暗，樂成戲劇節(jié)的小演員們走上舞臺面對觀眾，站定。接著音樂響起，舞臺上的小演員們專心自信的樣子突然有了一種超越專業(yè)的力量——不是好看，而是動人。你絕不會想到，臺上閃閃發(fā)光的小演員們，也有著從害羞到自信的轉(zhuǎn)變，而這背后的故事要從樂成戲劇教育說起......
樂成戲劇藝術(shù)老師們分享精彩舞臺背后的藝術(shù)教育
“他在最自然的方式下變得自信了”
每年的樂成的戲劇表演總是最受關(guān)注的活動之一，參加戲劇演出的學(xué)生們從陌生到熟悉，從青澀到勇敢，在一次次學(xué)習(xí)、自我懷疑、重建自信、勇于挑戰(zhàn)到排練，演出落幕的時候，這些小演員們激動溢于言表：我好喜歡戲劇表演。
“有一個9年級的學(xué)生，當(dāng)他剛開始加入到我的班級時，他說英語的時候會很害羞或表達自己的想法。我試著讓他參與所有的活動，鼓勵他走出自己的舒適區(qū)多練習(xí)英語。身邊的同學(xué)們也都十分支持，絕不會因為語言的挑戰(zhàn)而嘲笑對方。對學(xué)生來說，在一個安全并且友好的環(huán)境學(xué)習(xí)是非常重要的。因為戲劇是取材于生活的片刻，在無壓力的表演過程中，才能以最自然的方式變得更自信。” 中學(xué)的戲劇老師Sara告訴我們學(xué)生是可以通過戲劇學(xué)習(xí)來收獲自信，“這個學(xué)生也在今年的Shorts戲劇節(jié)呈現(xiàn)了精彩的演出，我們真的為他感到自豪！”
這樣的故事在樂成很常見，讓孩子從戲中扮演來學(xué)習(xí)知識，遠比理論知識有趣的多，也更能被孩子接受。這一經(jīng)歷也為學(xué)生們提供了公共演講和溝通的技能，他們可以把這些技能應(yīng)用到以后的學(xué)習(xí)中，以及他們未來的學(xué)習(xí)和生活中。戲劇教育，并非是“美而無用”或者只為未來表演或藝術(shù)方向的學(xué)生準備的課程。戲劇教育是一個孩子融入集體的機會，在創(chuàng)意、溝通、排練、克服困難、團隊合作到最終呈現(xiàn)結(jié)果的過程中，學(xué)生們收獲的嘗試新事物的勇氣和信心才是戲劇教育的核心。
“激發(fā)學(xué)生成為終身學(xué)習(xí)者的教育”
在戲劇方式的教育過程中，不同年齡段的學(xué)生可以自由的發(fā)揮、創(chuàng)作。也因為這些創(chuàng)作出自本身，他們自然而然會勇于表達自己的意見，在這樣的環(huán)境中成長而能更了解自己、肯定自己，對自己有自信。
在幼兒園，在每個教室里面都會有戲劇表演區(qū)，定期的戲劇角色扮演、襪子木偶表演和樂器演奏等等都是提高小朋友們關(guān)鍵溝通技巧的活動，這種以游戲為基礎(chǔ)的方法為學(xué)生在繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)的過程中提供了自信溝通的堅實基礎(chǔ)。在一年一度的小學(xué)Shorts戲劇節(jié)上，學(xué)生們在老師的指導(dǎo)下設(shè)計一個簡短的10分鐘的劇本并在禮堂演出，雖然在劇本創(chuàng)作過程中遇到了很多挑戰(zhàn)，但很多學(xué)生表示看到許多前來觀看自己作品的觀眾，還是為自己的努力感到自豪。進入中學(xué)后，六年級開始學(xué)生就需要選擇三種不同類型的藝術(shù)課: 音樂、視覺藝術(shù)和戲劇。在高中戲劇Urinetown上，學(xué)生在戲劇的表演中建立了在各種不同的環(huán)境與各類人交流的信心。
正如我們的中學(xué)音樂老師Randy所說: “戲劇表演課程是能夠激發(fā)學(xué)生成為終身學(xué)習(xí)者的課程?！?戲劇表演只是樂成為學(xué)生提供的眾多舞臺之一，無論樂成學(xué)生選擇何種形式的藝術(shù)，我們都希望他們能夠?qū)W習(xí)獲得重要的技能，為未來做準備。
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