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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.
