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FIRST CYCLE
Site D — Gaps, Questions and Understanding Produced in the Cycle
My action research studies how to create DEs in LTD. A DE is created from
the constellation of various Bondian devices, in this first cycle I studied
the adaptation of these devices and concepts. Though I have no evidence
of DEs being created, there is evidence of some gaps, questions and new
understanding being created by the participants in the process. In this section
I will examine how the previous three Sites impacted on the participants’
understanding.
GAP, QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING: I will offer some examples
of the understanding the participants came to and expressed verbally in
the focus groups. Participants of Out of Space made connections around
the concept of smuggling. Talking about the goods traffickers one participant
said: “but in this story the people are the goods, because they are smuggling
them”.%# This was the most in-depth reflection related to the original subject
of refugee crisis that I aimed to explore in the drama lessons. ‘The story raised
questions as well: “Why is the smuggler really doing this? Why do parents
want to send their kids with the smuggler?”.%* To the question of what can
someone learn from these drama lessons the focus group members replied:
P1: It’s possible that these things will happen soon, like running out of water.
P2: They are all human. They are not monsters, but human beings.
P3: We have to take care of each other, help each other, and also take care of
the earth.
P4: We can learn how to play together."
The series of drama lessons produced reflection on a variety of issues related
to the narrative. Most of them are quite general, it is only the last sentence
that connects specifically with the process that the participants have been
through. This was a group that found it extremely hard to work together and
thus the understanding that “we can learn how to play together” can impact
on their community.
The participants of the last series of lessons found the context of their
drama quite extreme. The Tribe started out on an island where the habitants
live in an archaic, agricultural community. This excerpt from the focus group
after the first lessons gives a useful summary of what caught the imagination
of one of the more timid participant.
648 F F2.
649 Tbid.
650 F F3.