RESEARCH STUDIES
Artist In Residence Project
Launched in 2009, our Artist in Residence (AIR) project put selected students and teachers from Charles Campbell High and Craigmore High in close, behind-the-scenes contact with our professional artists. For 2010 we will build on the 2009 pilot project and call for expressions of interest from additional secondary schools to participate in the AIR project linked to our Fugitive production.
Students and teachers will be involved in the entire process throughout the development, rehearsals and performance phases, providing them with a unique glimpse into the creative workings of a professional theatre company.
Our Arts Education Program is informed by formal research, and for our AIR project we are working with staff and researchers from the Drama Department at Flinders University.
The successful schools are:
Blackwood High
Charles Campbell Secondary
Craigmore High
Paralowie R-12 School
William Light R-12 School.
Children's Voices
Children’s Voices was a longitudinal research project that explored and documented children’s perceptions of quality theatre and the impact on them, their teachers and school communities. The research was conducted in South Australia with 140, five to twelve year olds from four primary schools. The research was conduced by Professor Wendy Schiller from the de Lissa Institute for Early Childhood and Family Studies, University of South Australia. The children attended two to three arts performances per year over a period of three years (2003-2005)
Download the Children's Voices executive summary.
To purchase the full report please contact Julie Orchard, Arts Education Manager on 08 8415 5358. ($15.00 including GST and postage)
Performance Literacy Early Years
From 2002 - 2004 In partnership with Flinders University, we developed an exploratory research project looking at the link between literacy and performance experiences for the very young. The project examined language development through pre-performance and post-performance activities with babies and toddlers and how this links to the development of performance literate learners.