Drama’s potential for moral education in Chinese junior high schools
An argument and an example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15081071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhang Xiajing (0000-0002-4036-535X, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 556-570 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9783 • E-ISSN: 1470-112X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569783.2024.2441124 |
| OpenAlex | W4405435918 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article reviews recent articles and explains current teaching of moral education China, presents a qualitative study to examine student responses to a drama project whose moral theory is drawn from modern interpretations of the Aristotelian tradition of virtue ethics. The analysis concentrates on four areas that emerged as important in data gathered from a drama project exploring the topic Justice and Revenge. The use of drama processes: to establish a non-didactic agenda; to engage students' empathy and compassion; to develop the practice of social and moral virtues; and to explore in depth the concepts of justice and revenge
Art · Drama · Literature · Mathematics education · Moral education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Creative Drama in Education · Medicine · Psychology · Theatre and Performance Studies · Values and Moral Education
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The art of case study research
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Resurgence of Confucian education in contemporary China
Neoliberal personhood as exception
Moral education in mainland China today
Empathy and moral education, Theatre of the Oppressed, and The Laramie Project
Exemplars Embodied
Caring
Streets, bridges, cul-de-sacs, and dreams
Approaches to Drama Research
Enhancing relaxed performance
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |