Staging the Transitions to Maturity: Youth Theater and the Rites of Passage through Adolescence.

Burton, Bruce

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ERIC Number: EJ653500

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Staging the Transitions to Maturity: Youth Theater and the Rites of Passage through Adolescence.

Burton, Bruce

Youth Theatre Journal, v16 p63-70 2002

Outlines an investigation into the types of learning experienced by adolescents involved in recreational youth theater. Proposes that youth theater has the capacity to provide essential rites of passage for young people. Concludes that drama has the potential to be a creator of consciousness during adolescence. (PM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Drama, Educational Research, Ethnography, Individual Development, Learning Experience, Secondary Education, Self Esteem

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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