Survey: Pedagogies of Canadian Theatre

[Robin C. Whittaker]

Dear Candrama folks,

Over the past few months, members of the CATR2013 Seminar "Pedagogies of 
Canadian Theatre, or 'Professor, There's a Country in My Discourse!'" 
have been sharing ideas about teaching Canadian Drama, Theatre, and 
Performance (Canadian DTP) amongst ourselves. Now, in advance of our 
meeting in Victoria next weekend, we are interested in hearing from YOU 
on some of the topics we've been discussing.

Canadian DTP is one of the most-taught DTP subjects in Theatre and 
English departments across Canada. For those who are graduates of a 
Canadian DTP course or two, what has stayed with you most from those 
Canadian courses? If you are a theatre artist, how do these courses 
influence your work to this day? (And if not, why not?)

For those who are instructors (past and present) of Canadian DTP:
What approaches and/or challenges have you found to be particular to 
teaching Canadian DTP?
How does the notion, if any, of a Canadian "canon" influence your syllabi?
How does contemporary scholarship influence your teaching of Canadian DTP?
How has your teaching of Canadian DTP changed over the years?
And if you teach Canadian DTP outside of Canada, what special 
considerations might there be?

We're hoping to receive answers from as many of you as possible, 
scholars and artists both new and experienced. Don't feel you need to 
answer every question (but please do if you like!).

Please respond offlist to my email address ( rwhit at stu.ca ) by this 
Sunday, May 26. We'll include a discussion of these responses during our 
seminar timeslot in Victoria.

All the best, and I look forward to seeing many of you on the West Coast!

Robin.
Seminar Organizer, "Pedagogies of Canadian Theatre"

-- 
Dr. Robin C. Whittaker
Assistant Professor, Drama
Department of English
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3 Canada
www.stureviews.wordpress.com
rwhit at stu.ca