We are delighted to be able to share with you the latest Australian Drama Education Magazine  – ADEM No 20 – 2024: KIA TŌNUI-FLOURISH.

The ADEM 2024 issue echoes the Drama Australia/Drama New Zealand combined conference and engages with the theme, KIA TŌNUI-FLOURISH. Drama educators from around the globe came together in Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington in late September 2024 to celebrate drama as an integral part of the curriculum. Presenters and attendees shared their experiences, research, and their hopes and dreams for drama education now and into the future. This ADEM issue highlights the opportunities that drama provides for young people and their educators to ‘Flourish’.

Managing Editors: Dr Danielle Hradsky and Dr John Nicholas Saunders
Special Edition Guest Editors: Katy Walsh (Australia) and Dr Patricia (Trish) Wells (Aotearoa New Zealand)

For further questions about contributing to future ADEM editions, please contact a member of the editorial team:
Director of ADEM and Co-Editor: Dr Danielle Hradsky (ADEM.Drama.Australia@gmail.com)
Co-editor: Katy Walsh

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ADEM is published by Drama Australia annually and is free to members of Drama Australia.

Please enjoy ADEM 2024.

CONTENTS:

Editorial – Katy Walsh and Dr Trish Wells

ARTICLES:

Flourishing Side by Side – Robin Pascoe

Student Productions as an Antidote to Our Times: Allowing Us to Hold Space for Each Other, Our Students and Our Communities, to Tell and Stage Stories that Matter – Pauline Cain

Ensuring Everyone Flourishes: Reimagining Plays through Ensemble Theatre Pedagogy – Ken Mizusawa

Flourishing through Manaakitanga and Shanaungatanga in the Drama Education Ensemble – Gaenor Brown

Flourishing through Connection: How Expert Arts Teachers Cultivate Trust and Belonging – Christina Gray, Lisa Paris, Geoffrey Lowe, Angela Perry & Lara Warwick

The Benefits of Story Drama in the Elementary Classroom – Michelle Gram Giesen .

The History We Cannot See: Reimagining Elsie through Drama-rich Pedagogy – Kate Smythe & Alison Grove O’Grady

Whakapapa as a Foundation for Māori Theatre Research – Waimere Mahaka

Time to Act: Warming Up for Action on Sustainability and Climate Change – Danielle Hradsky, Jo Raphael & Meg Upton

 Playing in Kenju’s Forest – Helen Sandercoe

Always Rooting for the AntiHERO – Claire Coleman

Édouard Louis Goes to School: A Case Study in a Greek Provincial High School – Robin Pascoe

Drama Transforms – Invitation to Share Your Story about the Transformative Power of Drama Education – Christina Gray & Robin Pascoe

STATE and TERRITORY ASSOCIATIONS’ YEAR REFLECTIONS for 2024