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In recent years, probably also as a result of online learning practised in the pandemic context, pupils in Romania have difficulties in reading in-depth and interpreting the meanings in the texts they have to study. According to several testing systems on the literacy level of Romanian students (PISA - international, BRIO - national), it appears that a high percentage of them are unable to analyse and reflect on the contents of a text. In this regard, a project has been initiated to support young people preparing to take their high school graduation exam (baccalaureate), based on the idea that participation in theatre performances encourages their interest in reading and trains critical thinking. This presentation focuses on an ongoing study that aims to identify how attending performances based on texts from the compulsory baccalaureate syllabus influences students’ engagement with those texts, encouraging critical thinking and literacy development.
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Dr. Andreea-Diana JICMAN
is Assistant Professor and Head of the Centre for Pedagogic and Didactic Training at UNATC "I.L. Caragiale". She has studies in communication, theatre pedagogy, psycho-pedagogy and she is involved in various research projects and in the publication of resources in the field of theatre education.
Dr. Bogdana DARIE
is Professor and Dean of the Theatre Faculty at UNATC; she is currently teaching acting at the BA course and Theatre Didactics at the Department of Doctoral Studies. She is also the author of books and academic courses and she coordinates several projects within the university, such as the “UNATC Junior” project.
Dr. Romina BOLDAȘU
is Assistant Professor at the Master's Degree in Theatre Pedagogy and Vicerector of Research, Development and Innovation within UNATC. She is involved in interdisciplinary research projects (STAD and MET), in activities to promote the importance of theatre in education, in the training and coaching of theatre instructors, and she is the author and co-author of several books in the field of arts education.
