“Drama + Chinese Language Curriculum System” connects quality education and subject education
It is learnt that the children’s education and drama brand “Weishang Water” for children’s drama has recently completed millions of angel rounds of financing. Name capital. It is reported that this round of financing funds will be mainly used to strengthen the teacher system, brand image upgrades and new store investment.
Wang Children’s Drama (hereinafter referred to as Water) was established in 2016. It is an educational drama training organization for children aged 3-12. At present, Water has two offline experience centers in Shenzhen. A total of 200,000+ trainees have received Water’s children’s drama education, and its annual revenue exceeds 10 million.
CEO Zhang Shuaixiang introduced that Walter’s current educational drama is presented as “drama + Chinese language course system”. Compared to mature foreign markets where education and drama are taught as compulsory courses, domestic education and drama-related training institutions and courses are rare. Taking into account the special environment of Chinese subject education, when introducing educational drama courses, Walter combined the teaching activities of the Chinese language and used drama to create a set of courses suitable for Chinese children.
Worth’s Drama + Chinese Language Curriculum System broke the original teaching format, and divided the 3-12 year-old children into three age groups around the theme of “speaking, listening, reading and writing,” and combined the ” The six-step method of “communicating, reading clearly, reading thin, reading thick, reading comprehension, reading and writing” is applied to the creation of children’s drama literature . Taking the age of 10-12 years as an example, Water will pay special attention to children ’s ability to “write”. After learning the drama scenes, characters and music, guide children to create characters and complete the script arrangement and performance at the end of the course. .
Worth Theatre + Chinese Language Course System
In class setting, Walter chooses a small class setting of about 5-10 people, equipped with two teachers, a bishop and a teaching assistant. In the curriculum setting, Walter has integrated the teaching methods of reading and writing on the basis of retaining the core of educational drama, and standardized the processes before, during and after class. CEO Zhang Shuai said that such a setting can give students sufficient opportunities for expression and display, while motivating children’s initiative while solving their children’s immediate needs.
It is worth mentioning that Water has its own R & D center for children’s drama education. From the perspective of children, the R & D center focuses on Journey to the West, Chinese learning, ancient poetry, safety, and life.And other themes for creative work. Currently, more than 300 original scripts have been produced. At the same time, Walter also regularly organizes activities such as study tours, research studies and summer camps, as well as joint TV stations to organize “National TV League for Children’s Dramas” and other events.
Worth Original Script
In addition, the gradual opening up of the after-school service market in schools has further facilitated the admission of quality education institutions. CEO Zhang Shuai introduced that Walter also currently provides drama education training for B-side teachers, mainly from kindergartens and elementary schools.
Compared with other domestic brands that are currently doing children ’s drama, CEO Zhang Shuai believes that Wat ’s differentiation and advantage lies in its drama + Chinese language curriculum system focusing on children’s drama with Chinese characteristics, while taking care of children’s creativity , Imagination, empathy, thinking and social skills, rather than blindly improving performance skills.
Zhang Shuai told that in recent years, the country has been promoting the quality education of young people from supplement to mainstream. Quality education will rise with the support of policies, and middle-income families in the 80s and 90s under the new consumption habits especially favor quality education. The teaching quality and service consumption of training institutions will all promote the development of the children’s drama market in 2020.
In terms of team, the current team size of Water is about 20 people. CEO Zhang Shuai was born in Keban Conservatory of Music. He has worked for many video websites and has extensive Internet operation and management experience. The founder, Chen Yuyu, is the initiator of “Belt and Road, Sino-American Cultural Exchanges-Chinese Children’s Dramas Entering Broadway.” Producer and producer, focusing on the field of Chinese children’s drama education, has extensive experience in the promotion and research of drama education. In addition, the team is guided by professors and scholars in drama, music and other arts from home and abroad.