scholarly journals Reducing disruptive behavior during lunchtime in urban elementary students

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Joy Downes
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Students ◽  
Disruptive Behavior ◽  
Urban Elementary Students

The Playwright Within: Fun, Freedom, and Agency Through Playwriting for Urban Elementary Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-624
Author(s):  
Jenice L. View ◽  
Mary Stone Hanley
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Students ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Sense Of Agency ◽  
Experienced Teacher ◽  
Artistic Process ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Urban Elementary Students

The participants in this study are 9-year-olds who demonstrate signs of incipient alienation. Even with an experienced teacher who had a positive relationship with her students, some students describe school as boring. The arts may provide a path away from alienation when learning is embedded in the students’ cultural knowledge and when the artistic process is primary. Our research question was, “What do students learn when engaged in a playwriting experience in school?” The evidence suggests that students discovered fun, freedom, and a sense of agency with language arts as a result of their participation in the program.

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