Collaborating with schools or institutions to accommodate the individual differences of participants, the lesson content is adjusted to meet their diverse educational needs in a pleasant atmosphere. This empowers them to discover their potential, build confidence, and learn cooperation and self-expression, thereby transcending the traditional teaching mode.
Organizer: Pok Oi Hospital Man Chu Shek Family Multiple Intelligences Centre
Collaborator: Chung Ying Theatre Company
Participants: Primary and junior form secondary school students (including students with special educational needs)
Characteristics: Accommodating individual differences through drama, the teaching content is adjusted in appropriate to optimise learning progress. Participants learn to recognise and accept themselves, building self-confidence; they also learn to respect others thereby enhancing communication, cooperation and social skills, ultimately motivating a keen interest in learning.
Content: On the basis of “process drama” and stories from classic fairy tales or fables, participants actively engage in roles and scenes through drama conventions, endeavouring to express their inner thoughts. Further, the script, enriched with their life stories, is collaboratively devised for their unique final performance.
Collaborator: Centre for Restoration of Human Relationships
Participants: Family Unit (children with diverse learning needs and their parents)
Characteristics: Bringing together children with diverse learning needs and their caretakers provides an opportunity for mutual exploration of external and internal traits. As they reflect upon each other, better understanding and communication are achieved.
Content: Participants engaged in individual drama activities or in teams, such as “Blindfolded, I Draw You”, fostering parent-child relationships by enhancing understanding, communication, empathy and mutual acceptance. By sharing the joys and challenges of family life, participants found mutual support and healing through companionship. Finally, some scene work presentations were shown in classrooms.
