Using Participatory Action Research to Explore How Teachers Can Implement Drama Therapy Techniques to Aid in Nervous System Regulation in the Senior-Phase Classroom in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWentzel, Leané
dc.contributor.supervisorHill, Monique
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-15T11:29:50Z
dc.date.issued2025-03
dc.descriptionA research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Drama for Life), to the Faculty of Humanities, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2025
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the use of Drama Therapy techniques within Ritual, Embodiment, and Dramatic Projection by teachers in the senior-phase classroom. The aim was to use the techniques to facilitate nervous system regulation in the learners in these classrooms. The participants were three senior-phase teachers teaching various subjects in a private school in Johannesburg. The research was conducted through Participatory Action Research workshops, where data was collected in the form of videos and participant journals. Techniques like breathwork, grounding, and embodied explorations had the most success in regulation, while others were implemented in the classroom to create a safe space (ritual and projection). This study was limited to one school and can not be generalised to all South African schools.
dc.description.submitterMMM2026
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier0009-0007-3434-6906
dc.identifier.citationWentzel, Leané. (2025). Using Participatory Action Research to Explore How Teachers Can Implement Drama Therapy Techniques to Aid in Nervous System Regulation in the Senior-Phase Classroom in South Africa. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/48577
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/48577
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights©2025 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolWits School of Arts
dc.subjectDrama therapy
dc.subjectRitual
dc.subjectEmbodiment
dc.subjectDramatic projection
dc.subjectSenior-phase classroom
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectWindow of Tolerance
dc.subjectParticipatory Action Research (PAR)
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.primarysdgSDG-4: Quality education
dc.subject.secondarysdgSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.titleUsing Participatory Action Research to Explore How Teachers Can Implement Drama Therapy Techniques to Aid in Nervous System Regulation in the Senior-Phase Classroom in South Africa
dc.typeDissertation

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