Challenges and possibilities in Norwegian classroom drama practice

Abstract

My specific teaching and research interest is drama in the classroom drama as a teaching and learning medium to fulfil a curriculum demand for student-active, creative and aesthetic learning processes. In this article I will focus on the challenges and possibilities that exist in Norwegian classroom drama. The article is based on my latest research projects, ‘Drama and studentactive learning’, and my 2008 unpublished PhD thesis which looked at general teacher-training practice and teachers’ and students’ drama experiences in grades 1 10. My methods involved a review of literature, group interviews, classroom research, reflective individual interviews and a net-based questionnaire.