Self-Improving in Theater

Self-Improving in Theater

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       As high school theater educators are there to facilitate the theater as their classroom, one job is also to ensure the development of skills for the students. One way to achieve this goal is to constantly push the students into improving their skills. In theater there are countless ways in which aspiring actors can grow and push themselves. The standard questions always concern blocking, volume, diction and staging. While in the moment of acting it is hard to tell whether or not you are doing well.

       In this article there is focus on the ability to show the students how they are acting on video tape. By doing this it exposes the students into how the audience views their performance. There is a saying that we are all our biggest critique. That being said we are the ones that will push ourselves to the best that we can be. "If a learner can record his or her behavioral performances electronically, by audio or video, he or she can devote cognitive resources to the learning process then to the self-monitoring process, which will improve the quality of both processes" (Zimmerman 1995).
      As an aspiring English and Language Arts Teacher I am excited to implement various teaching strategies for my students. In my own experience with theater watching yourself on video really puts into perspective how the audience views you. You can realize things that you didn't even know that you were doing.
       While I have more to learn I am excited to offer my future students my own input as well as new information that I am gaining in my pursuit of higher education.