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Athens
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Following the need of teachers to apply new creative methods of teaching and the changes on education in the other EU countries, PATD is promoting the promotion of children’s, teenagers’ and adults’ education through the dramatic art. Drama in Education is a new educational approach which implies the Dramatic Art as a method of instruction in classroom and it has been developed in U.K. and France.
PATD aims to:
The research and promotion of the use of Dramatic Art for educational purposes in all levels of Education according to the needs of the Greek, European and world community.
The training of educators and other specialities on Drama in Education.
PATD has been organising long term and short term workshops on DIE with experienced and recognised practitioners from Greece and abroad, for teachers and specialists of all levels of education. The last two years has established an annual course on DIE.
It has also established a library with Audiovisual materials and bibliography on DIE. It is organising discussion groups on DIE in regular basis. It supports and counsels teachers in their practical work with DIE in their classroom.
It participates in organising International conferences in Athens on Drama and Theatre in Education with other familiar organisations of Greece and abroad (Panhellenic network of Theatre/ Drama in Education, Hellenic Theatre Studies Association, International Institute for theatre research).
It participates in conferences in Greece and abroad with workshops, keynote speeches and posters.