Speaker
Description
I am a preschool-teatcher with a master in drama and theatre. I have worked for several years as an Olweus instructor: my theoretical bakground is based on Dan Olweus and the Olweusprogramme, such as his "Bullying circle" (RKBU Vest). I also have knowledge from Sammen mot mobbing/Be-Prox., also at RKBU Vest, in Bergen. After several years of experience - after carrying out Classmeetings with pupils in year 1-4 at our local school - I decided to write down my experiences in a book: "Lekende læringsverktøy - mobbeforebyggende arbeid i barnehagen ved bruk av dukker", which also is the title I chose for my abstract. My method is using Theatre of the oppressed (Augusto Boal), The bullying circle and a clear structure at what I have called Group meetings: the children sits in a half circle and there is a table in front of me with four objects. Each object indicates and visualizes the structure. 1.An instrument=we start this meeting with a song, to indicate what kind of meeting this is. 2.A stone=we are to talk about the rules of this meeting, 3.A puppet=we will observe a dramatisation of an bullying situation, and 4.A box=contains a prop to reveal todays playful activity/game. My experience is that the puppets protects the childrens role in real life and that they see the bullying situation more clearly when I use the puppets. Everybody should try out puppets in their bullying-prevention work in primary school or kindergarten.
Keywords
kindergarten/prevention/Theatre of the oppressed/puppets/ implementation
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