ABSTRACT
This chapter offers insights into EducaSwitch’s approach and application of the practice undertaken by the company in its current iteration, which has recently been accepted by the Education Department of the Chilean government as a strategy that schools can implement in their classes. Drawing upon Michael Balfour’s notion of a ‘theatre of little changes’ and James Thompson’s vision for the potential of ‘affect’ to lead to change, or a ‘stirring to action’, the EducaSwitch programme will be critically analysed to note the potential of the approach for societal change. EducaSwitch offers a plethora of intervention strategies addressing personal, social and emotional development in children and young people through drama in education. An important aspect of EducaSwitch's approach is the use of participatory theatre and drama in education strategies to promote inclusion and access to education through the development of empathy between students, parents and schools.
