Location: DAZ, Charlottenplatz 17, 70173 Stuttgart Duration: 17:30-20:00 Admission: 10 euros, 7 euros (DAZ members), free admissions for teachers in training Target Audience: Teachers Language: English Registration: Please register via school@daz.org
In the past, autocratization usually occurred quickly through coup attempts or foreign attacks. Today, in many countries, this is often a gradual process where democratically elected decision-makers slowly weaken and dismantle democratic institutions from within.
Why is the separation of powers essential for democracy? What significance do fundamental rights like freedom of the press and freedom of expression hold in our daily lives? And what could happen if these rights were infringed?
Using the dynamic teaching method of process drama, participants will experience and understand how a democracy is transformed into a totalitarian system. This is not acting in its traditional sense (no acting skills are necessary) – it is rather about the willingness to take on different perspectives in short exercises, like freeze-frames or dialogues. Participants will also reflect on their experiences and discuss what they have learned and its implications for the democracy they live in.
is Head of the Department for Modern Foreign Languages at the Seminar for Teacher Training and Further Education (Gymnasium) Stuttgart, Germany. In the context of teacher training, she is particularly committed to the use of drama pedagogy in foreign language teaching and offers workshops for trainee teachers. Silke holds an M.Ed. in Drama in Education from Trinity College Dublin. In addition to her work in teacher training, she has been teaching English as a foreign language at a high school in Stuttgart since 2006, where she also led the drama group for over 10 years.
