ABSTRACT
The educational drama workshop and, particularly, the process drama framework aim to provide participants with an opportunity to reflect on their understanding of the world. The drama workshop outlined in this chapter is based on a poem titled The Thickness of Ice by Liz Loxley, which depicts the changing stages of a romantic relationship. The techniques employed throughout the workshop structure the participant experience in order to help the participants to observe links between the fictional drama world and their understanding of the real world. As integrative learning approaches honor the complexity of contexts, situations, and people, so too do educational drama and theater. Collective learning is paramount to the integrative learning process, and the drama workshop foregrounds this alongside teamwork, co-operation and communication. The dynamic nature of the learning in the workshop is unrehearsed, improvised, and focuses on a multiplicity of interpretations and voices in the classroom, all of which speak to the characteristics of integrative learning.
