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    Die benutting van teater vir lewensorienteringsprogramme : 'n teoreties-eksperimentele ondersoek
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1997) Steyn, H.(Hendrina); Hauptfleisch, T.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Drama.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the light of the new National Education and Training Policy stressing outcomes based education and training for all levels of learning, this study wishes to contribute to the following two learning areas: Arts and Culture and Life Orientation/Personal and Social Development. In this study these two areas are combined by utilising theatre for the presentation of life orientation programs. The study therefore consists of both a theoretical and an experimental section. Five relevant fields of knowledge are discussed in chapter two, namely, • a philosophical survey of man through the ages, • holism, because the new education policy stresses the importance of a holistic approach in teaching, • communication; symbolic communication in particular is stressed as the kind of language used for the transcendental, • religion, because value systems are often rooted in religion and because thought about and insight into values forms the basis of the experimental program included in this study and • rituals, because they include ways of coping with life. In chapter three values are discussed under the following headings: types of values, the characteristics of values, the function of values and value theories. A more holistic view of values is then presented and a short discussion of the measuring of values concludes the chapter. Chapter four deals with theatre and its related forms. The influence of Aristotle, Constantin Stanislavsky and Bertolt Brecht on theatre and its related forms are investigated. The views of theatre practitioners and theorists like Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook and Richard Schechner are investigated for implementation in a life orientation program. There are also some thoughts on William Shakespeare and Victor Turner. The following related theatre forms are discussed for use in the program: Sociodrama, Psychodrama, Drama in Education, Theatre in Education, Theatre of the Oppressed and Popular Theatre. Chapter five comprises a theoretical grounding of the specific life orientation program included in the study by using the insights gained in chapters two to four for application possibilities. Then the program, as used in this study, is presented. The findings of the effect of the presentation of the program on audience members are discussed in chapter six and some inferences and recommendations are to be found in chapter seven. The most important findings were the following: the seven fields of knowledge investigated in this study are interrelated to the extent that they form a firm basis for compiling a life orientation program, that theatre, as a holistic communication medium, is well-suited as a technique for presenting such a program and that audiences reacted positively to the experimental program included in this study.