Drama

This syllabus is designed for students to experience, understand, enjoy and value drama as a social, collaborative and creative art form and as an expression of culture through making, performing and critically studying drama and theatre.

Students will develop:

knowledge and understanding about, and skills in making

• drama through participation in a variety of dramatic and theatrical forms
• drama and theatre using a variety of dramatic elements, theatrical techniques and conventions

values and attitudes about

• the collaborative nature of drama and theatre

knowledge and understanding about, and skills in, performing

• using the elements of drama and theatre in performance
• in improvised and playbuilt theatre, and scripted drama

values and attitudes about

• the diversity of the art of dramatic and theatrical performance

knowledge and understanding about, and skills in, critically studying

• the place and function of drama and theatre in communities and societies, past and present
• a variety of forms and styles used in drama and theatre

values and attitudes about

• drama and the theatre as a community activity, a profession and an industry.

A syllabus is a document that gives teachers an outline of what students are to be taught in a specific learning area.

The syllabus and other supporting material for Drama 11-12 are available from the Board of Studies.