B.Ed. (Full Time) Drama and Art in Education Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the First Year BEd syllabus under the University of Mumbai’s Credit Based Choice System, in force from the academic year 2017-18. It is the syllabus currently examined: the University set all four semesters of this course on it in the Winter 2025 and Summer 2026 examinations, and it has published no revision.

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Syllabus for Drama and Art in Education

Semester 1 · First Year BEd · 3 credits

Objectives

To have a practical experience with drama and art.
To be acquainted with the concepts thus enhancing their understanding of drama and art.
To be acquainted with aspects of theatre management.
To integrate drama and art in the school curriculum.
To develop their aesthetic sensibilities.
To elucidate the role of drama and art in self- realization of learners.
To sensitize learners on the use of drama and art for special learners.
To highlight the use of drama and art in creative expression.
To perceive the social and environmental issues through drama and art.
To develop understanding of the local culture through drama and art.
To widen the understanding of learners by integrating global culture.

Module 1: Understanding Drama and Art in Education 1 credits

Unit 1: Introduction to Concepts of Drama and Art

a) Forms of Drama and Art – Visual and Performing
b) Elements of Drama and Art
c) Understanding stagecraft and audience etiquettes - (set designing, costumes, props, lights, and special effects) and audience etiquettes

Unit 2: Application of Drama and Art in Academics

a) Functions of Drama and Art - Information, Instructive, Persuasive, Educative, Entertainment, Development
b) Integration of Drama and Art in the school curriculum
c) Developing aesthetic sensibility through Drama and Art

Module 2: Drama and Art as a Medium for Communication and Social Change 1 credits

Unit 3: Drama and Art for Pedagogy

a) Drama and Art for self-realization
b) Drama and Art for children with special needs
c) Drama and Art for creative expression

Unit 4: Drama and Art for Social Intervention

a) Understanding social and environmental issues through drama and art
b) Understanding local culture through drama and art
c) Understanding global culture through drama and art

Module 3: Suggested Task/assignment Activities 1 credits

Following activities can be organized under the course:
a) Script writing
b) Street play
c) Visit to an Art gallery
d) Visiting/Organizing exhibitions
e) Visiting/Organizing cultural festivals
f) Report on the folk life
g) Interview with experts from the field like artists, actors, singers, writers, poets, painters, musicians, dancer etc
h) Appreciation of a film/drama/novel/folk drama, etc.
i) Workshop on developing short plays/ street play for educational, entertainment or social / environmental relevance
j) Workshop on preparing a script for a radio programme to propagate a social behaviour or awareness of social issues
k) Organizing art, craft and music exercises with small groups followed by discussions and presentation.
l) Workshop –Developing theatre skills, pottery, folk dance, animations depicting culture and art.
m) Review the position paper National Focus Group on Arts, Music, Drama and Theatre by NCTE on Drama for children with special needs.
n) Visit a centre for children with special needs and observe the use of drama and art in the activities conducted. Assignments:
a) Role Playing’ activity for historical / contemporary personalities wherein students play the role of that personality to advocate his/her opinions/decisions/thought processes (for example, Akbar, Hitler, Galileo, Bhagat Singh etc.) and write a reflective essay highlighting the elements of stagecraft.
b) Develop and present a lesson using any one technique of Drama and Art Or using any Art form
c) Developing masks and puppets to teach any topic in their methods, present a lesson using it. Submission of a lesson plan is required.

References

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children, schools, and standards (pp. 165–181). New York: Teachers College Press, CCRT official website
Chawla, S.S. (1986). Teaching of Art. Patiala: Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.
Dodd, N. and Winifred, H. (1971/1980). Drama and Theatre in Education, Lundon: Heinmann.
Doshi, Saryu (Ed.), “Marg–A Magazine of the Arts – Trends and Transitions inMumbai: IndianMargPublications, Art”Vol. XXXVI No. 2, 1984.
Efland, A. D. (1990). A history of Art Education: Intellectual and social currents in teaching the visual arts. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Harriet, G. (1964). Art in Everyday Life. Calcutta: Oxford and IBH Publishing Company.
John, B., Yogin, C., &Chawla, R. (2007). Playing for real: Using drama in the classroom. Macmillan.
Khokar, Mohan, Traditions of Indian Classical Dance, Delhi: Clarion Books, First ed.,1979., London, 1973
Khanna, S. and NBT (1992). Joy of Making Indian Toys, Popular Science. New Delhi: NBT.
McCaslin, N. (1987). Creative Drama in the Primary Grades. Vol. I and In the Intermediate Grades, Vol. II, New York/London: Longman.
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Prasad, D. (1998). Art as the Basis of Education, NBT, New Delhi.
Sahi, J. and Sahi, R. (2009). Learning Through Art, Eklavya.
Shirley, G. (2000). Art, an A to Z guide. Franklin Watts: USA.
Vaze, P. (1999). How to Draw and Paint Nature. Jyosna Prakashan: Mumbai.
Ward, A. (1993). Sound and Music. Franklin Watts: New York.
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Bhattacharya, K.K. & Gupta, D.D. : Interpreting theatre as a communication medium, http://www.caluniv.ac.in/global-mdia-journal/ARTICLEDEC2013/
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Drama in education, https://www.questia.com/library/education/curriculum- andinstruction/drama-in-education
Drama Games, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_Teaching_Techniques
Drama Strategies, http://dramaresource.com/strategies/69-drama-techniques
Importance of Arts education, http://www.educationfund.org/programs/artoffoundobjects/importance of Arts Education

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