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Download full textCheng, Philip H. – 1975
The study reported in this paper examined the structure and function of Chinese opera (also known as Peking opera) as an effective communication medium of social control and change in China, a land populated by 800 million people and nourished by a 5,000-year-old civilization. The study followed structural-functional analysis, content analysis,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Culture, Community Control, Drama
Hekmatpanah, Lyra – Mid-Atlantic Journal of Foreign Language Pedagogy, 1993
It has previously been shown that an opera can successfully be integrated into a high school or college language class. It is suggested that an entire semester could be devoted to just French operas and French art, using corresponding literary texts for comparative purposes. Grammar points are included as needed; conversation about the stories…
Descriptors: Art, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, French
Tunks, Jeanne L. – 1999
A study examined teachers' strategic use of a recommended curriculum through the lenses of the three perspectives of fidelity, mutual adaptability, and enactment. The recommended curriculum under consideration was an integrated curriculum developed to prepare middle school students to attend a performance of the opera "Turandot." For 40…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Reel, J. V., Jr. – 1981
This paper discusses how to use opera in secondary and college courses to illustrate and clarify historical developments. For example, opera can be used in social history courses to help students understand changing social attitudes toward the child in the 19th and 20th centuries. Students are first required to read a basic work on the history of…
Descriptors: Children, Educational History, Foundations of Education, Higher Education
Gray, Patricia – 1996
The Rhodes College (Memphis, Tennessee) History of Opera class collaborated with Opera Memphis to create a documentary on regional opera production, to present online information about Opera Memphis through a World Wide Web home page, and to construct a class home page to be used as a repository for examples of creative writing. The project…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation, Electronic Publishing
Suthers, Louie; Larkin, Veronicah – Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 1997
Performance in drama, dance, music, puppetry, or combinations of these arts can be an exciting encounter for young children. This case study investigated one 4-year-old's responses to a children's opera. Her responses before, during, and after the performance were systematically observed and analyzed. Data showed that the child had some knowledge…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Expression, Case Studies
