Teaching Drama

Mohd Hammad Farooqui | Teacher | The Doon School

What is Teaching Drama?

Teaching Drama is a great Career option. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Teaching Drama actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Teaching Drama. The most authoritative source of information on Teaching Drama is someone with real experience in it.

Teacher Mohd Hammad Farooqui has worked in Teaching Drama for 25 years. Teacher Mohd Hammad Farooqui defines Teaching Drama as:

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. It represents various stages and realities of life. It represents art and philosophy of life in various cultures like in Greek, Indian or Chinese culture. It requires creative energy and urge to perform. One has to understand people, their behaviour and various parts of society and human psycology. The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. It is spontaneous and a social activity also at the same time as per the theory of the Drama.

How Teacher Mohd Hammad Farooqui got into Teaching Drama?

I have done my graduation from DBS PG College, Dehradun and MA from DAV College, Dehradun. I was always interested in plays and theatre and used to write theatre reviews for Hindi ancient plays. After that I decided to perform a play with 10 of my colleagues and did 'Badal Sarkar ka Bhoma' and won best director award from government. I won the same award for consecutive 3 years from 1990 and got into limelight and became famous. I started working as a Hindi teacher in 1994 in the Doon School and became the drama teacher in coming period of time. I made a well known theatre group from Doon School and performed well in various parts of the city and country. I have done 125 dramas in 4 languages for various governmental and non-governmental organisations in various parts of the India.

Teacher Mohd Hammad Farooqui's Talk on Teaching Drama

Starts with what is:
1)	Teaching Drama

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Teaching Drama, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Teaching Drama. It explains Education needed in Teaching Drama with these items:
2)	Theory of Drama
3)	Literature
4)	Aesthetics of Art
5)	Social Psychology
6)	Archaeology
7)	Stage Technology

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Teaching Drama depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It details these topics within Skills for Teaching Drama:
8)	Observation
9)	Imagination
10)	Speech
11)	Relationships
12)	Understanding of Props
13)	Language

Positives of Teaching Drama are quite interesting. The Talk discusses following Positives of Teaching Drama:
14)	Mother of all Arts
15)	Self Development
16)	Diverse Career Options
17)	Trend Setter

It is important that one develops a fair understanding of the Challenges of Teaching Drama:
18)	Limited Monetary Potential
19)	Struggle Period
20)	Limited Awareness
21)	Availability of good Literature

In the final section of the Talk, Mohd Hammad Farooqui talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
22)	Teaching Drama

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