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The PowerThru Education Program is an initiative from EmpowerU to create education opportunities and a learning community, leveraging their pedagogical expertise and connection to the University of Hong Kong, their team has partnered up with 10 excellent instructors to introduce five courses to students.
In this school year, they provide two courses in Broadway: “Drama Dojo” and “It’s Debatable”
In this course, students will be equipped with the essential skills and knowledge needed to engage in effective debates. Students will develop their problem solving ability, enhance their research skills, and refine their persuasive communication techniques. Students will explore various debate formats, such as parliamentary debates and learn from the Lincoln-Douglas debates all while learning the importance of respectful and constructive engagement to foster a positive, collaborative, and inclusive debate environment.
Participants in the ‘It’s Debatable’ course overwhelmingly felt more confident after completing the program. The most valuable skills learned included avoiding filler words, reducing stuttering, and gaining confidence in public speaking.
“I learned how to stand my point and explain it thoroughly!” – Shristi Ghale
“Self confidence – I’m not really a confident person, but this gave me the chance to expand on that.” – Mandeep Kaur Dubb
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In this course, students learned how to express themselves through the medium of acting. They also learned the fundamentals of acting through interactive and engaging activities such as improvisation games. The course encouraged students to step out of their comfort zone, and gain social and emotional skills. At the end of the course, students highlighted their acting abilities and public speaking skills learned from the course by performing group dramatic scenes in front of their peers and instructors. They also met guest students from The University of Hong Kong, who are part of the university’s common core course teaching undergraduate students theater and performing arts.
Overall, results from the post-course survey have shown that the course is effective in helping students use skills learned in the Drama Dojo course to help boost their confidence and improve their public speaking skills.
“I learned to be more carefree and confident and how to work with other people I don’t know.” – Flores Joshua Jayden Kyle Mallari
“I learned how to act better and voice out my thoughts easier.” – Brent Daniel Sarinas
