Engaging adolescents on teenage pregnancy prevention using process drama : a case study of grade 11 pupils at Supreme Educational College in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Teenage pregnancy in South Africa, especially amongst teenage learners has become a \nnational crisis with an estimated average of 5000 girls between the ages of 12 and 19 \nfalling pregnant in one school year (Headlines Africa, 2012). This study focused on how \nprocess drama was applied with adolescent learners at Supreme Educational College in \nJohannesburg, to investigate the causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy. Process \ndrama requires participants to create and assume roles, identify and explore images and \nstories drawn from fictional worlds that relate to the participants’ own personal experiences. \nThrough process drama workshops, teenagers were able to engage with challenging \nsituations as a way of acquiring new knowledge about teenage pregnancy. Three major \nthemes emerged as contributing factors to teenage pregnancy, namely, parental negligence \nand abuse, negative peer pressure and poverty. The learner’s engagement within the \ndramatic process was enhanced by means of dialogue, negotiation and reflection with the \nteacher adopting the role of facilitator and co-participant. The fictional world created by the \ndrama enabled the learners to relate and identify with problematic aspects of teenage \npregnancy. The study concludes that process drama offers an aesthetic space for \nteenagers to develop a deeper understanding of themselves in relation to their lived \nexperiences. The study recommends process drama as a powerful interactive medium that \nneeds to be implemented in schools to grapple with intractable issues such as teenage \npregnancy.
Author: Yvette Ngum
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2276081832