Survey of students’ opinion of theatre as a media educational tool
A survey among pedagogy students at Prof. Dr Assen Zlatarov University, Burgas has been carried out. The survey focuses on the media educational potential of theatre nowadays and aims to establish the level of the students’ knowledge of modern Bulgarian theatre and its different types and genres as well as the trends and search for new syncretic forms of realization. The historical development of Bulgarian theatre and its intersections with Bulgarian school has been traced. The study has led to the following conclusions: • theatre is present in the students’ cultural life and contributes to the development of their future professional competences; • the students’ knowledge of theatre types, genres and awards is due to the information they receive in elective courses at university or their general theatrical culture resulting from personal pursuits and participation in amateur performances; • the students see the future of theatre in several directions: spatial, media technological, visual constructive and text provocative. They think that this is the way that theatrical art can comply with the modern requirements for communication with the perceiver.