Exploring Adolescent Sexuality through Process Drama: Memories of 'For Tomorrow Project'.
Exploring Adolescent Sexuality through Process Drama: Memories of 'For Tomorrow Project'.
Abstract
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical, emotional and cognitive
human development occurring before the onset of puberty and ending by
adulthood and Sexuality, the expression of interest, orientation, and
preference, is a normal part of adolescence. Adolescent sexuality
encompasses multiple factors, such as developing intimate partnerships,
gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and culture. A stage when they
begin to be interested in more intimate relationships. A period of danger for
the less informed. As a way of providing this informed choices, two NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs) in Zaria, the Nigerian Popular Theatre
Alliance and the Second Chance Organization of Nigeria in collaboration with
employing the use of Process drama and other participatory tools to generate
awareness and a better understanding of adolescent sexuality issues and cause
behavioural changes on the part of adolescents in their sexual practices. A
mode of learning that allows learners of any age to use imagined roles to
explore issues, events and relationships. This paper explores the use of
Process drama (in this project) to generate awareness and a better
understanding of adolescent sexuality issues and cause behavioural changes
on the part of adolescents in their sexual practices. In this sense, the paper
exposes how the re-enactment of the shared and yet individual experience can
potentially serve as stimulus for the discussions in the schools.