1. According to Shalwitz, H (Oct 27, 2011), there are some reasons why performance makes our life better. Theater is advanced expression that a human need to have. It might be called an instinct- to mimic or to act real or imagined characters and events like children. Also, it would influence our feeling and thought and encourage us to consider our behavior and value.
- Shalwitz, H (Oct 27, 2011), 7 Reasons Why Theatre Makes Our Lives Better, theatreWashington, http://theatrewashington.org/content/7-reasons-why-theatre-makes-our-lives-better&favtitle=7%20Reasons%20Why%20Theatre%20Makes%20Our%20Lives%20Better
2. Students who watch live theater have knowledge of the plots and vocabulary of the plays, increase tolerance, and can read the emotions of others better than others.
- Jay P. Greene, Collin Hitt, Anne Kraybill and Cari A (2015), Learning From Live Theater, Education Next, http://educationnext.org/learning-live-theater/
3. Watching your favorite performance can be effects of connection and understanding humanity. Moreover, it makes people think the emotions that they usually don't feel. What you watched has a plot which extended beyond your life experiences.
- How can watching theater benefit the mind? (Dec, 2014), Erickson Living, https://www.ericksonliving.com/articles/2014/12/how-can-watching-theater-benefit-mind
Research questions
- Benefits of watching live theater
- impacts of watching performance
- Reasons for watching performance
Judy,
ReplyDeleteVery nice summaries. However, I don't think article 3 can be a credible source. Where is there information coming from? Who is the author?
Here are some other articles that may be relevant: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/aca/6/3/224/, http://pom.sagepub.com/content/27/1/71.short
This is a tricky topic to research.