Areas of Research

• Theatre/drama education
• Research-based theatre
• Teacher education
• Canadian theatre
• Drama and/in second language learning

Research Activities

• Becoming Pedagogical through A/r/tography in Teacher Education (2008-2011)
Rita Irwin, Principal investigator. George Belliveau, Peter Gouzouasis, Carl Leggo, Donal O’Donoghue, Stepanie Springgay, Co-investigators.

• Addressing the role of the bystander in bullying. SSHRC Standard Research Grant (2007-2010).
George Belliveau, Principal investigator. Shellye Hymel, Co-Investigator.
The goal of this research is to better understand and communicate how drama can assist in efforts to address bullying in schools and communities. Using an interactive drama process, peer teaching, and innovative approaches to dissemination, the project examines effective ways to help empower students to promote social justice through anti-bullying strategies. Focusing on the role of the bystander in bullying, the research seeks to discover how best to activate, through drama, this often-silent majority to intervene productively and become part of the solution.

• Assessing ethnotheatre as a form of educational research. Humanities and Social Sciences, UBC Research Grant (2007-2009).
George Belliveau, Principal Investigator.
This research looks specifically at audience and participant (collected) responses of a recent ethnotheatre project the PI undertook with colleagues and graduate students.

• Anti-bullying research project. Humanities and Social Sciences, UBC Research Grant (2005-2007).
George Belliveau, Principal Investigator.
This study provided valuable research data on current drama and bullying programs in schools around the world, as well as local Vancouver initiatives. The research team identified particular drama and social justice programs in an effort to evaluate how these can be used most effectively within a research context.

• The role of drama on cultural awareness, motivation, and literacy in French immersion classrooms. UBC Faculty of Education Collaboration Research Grant (2005-2007).
George Belliveau and Monique Bournot-Trites, Co-Principal Investigators.
This research project examined how integrating drama in French Immersion classes may impact motivation, literacy, and cultural appreciation for students in a second language context. See http://repositories.cdlib.org/clta/lta/vol3/iss1/art9 for some of the findings.

• Impact of teaching style. University of Prince Edward Island Major Research Grant (2004-2006).
George Belliveau, Principal Invesigator. Dan Ryan, Co-Investigator.
This study investigated the impact of student-centered versus teacher-centered learning in first-year university statistics and math classes. Using a drama-based process to teach math-based classes, this project attempted to better understand the possible benefits of experiential and drama-based learning in quantitative courses. See Ryan, Giles, Belliveau de Freitas, 2006 for more details.

• Addressing anti-bullying in schools. SSHRC Research-aid Grant (2002-2004).
George Belliveau, Principal Invesigator.
This study examined pre-service teachers using drama to address bullying in schools. The two-year study in PEI investigated an alternative practicum experience where a group of pre-service teachers developed, then toured an anti-bullying theatre play in over 50 schools.

 

Recently Published Work

Refereed Journal Publications

Belliveau, George. (2008). You didn't do anything: A research play on bullying. Educational Insights 12.2. http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/v12n02/articles/belliveau/index.html

Belliveau, George. (2008). Theatre and bullying: Increasing awareness about bullying and victimization. In S.Hymel, S. Swearer & P. Gillette (Eds.), Bullying at School and Online. http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Theatre_Bullying/

Belliveau, George, Carmen Medina (1) and Gus Weltsek (1). (2008). Reflective practices in drama teacher preparation. Theatre Research in Canada,28.2, 130-143.

Gouzouasis, Peter, Julia Henry and George Belliveau. (2008). Turning points: A transitional story of grade seven music students’ participation in high school band programmes. Music Education Research, 10.1, 75-89.

Belliveau, George. (2007). An alternative model for teaching and learning. Canadian Journal of Education, 30.1, 47-67.

Belliveau, George, David Beare (2). (2007). Theatre for Positive Youth Development: A Model for Collaborative Play-Creating.Applied Theatre Researcher Vol. 7. http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/52892/04-beare-belliveau-final.pdf

Belliveau, George with Josh Weale and Graham Lea. (2007). TheaterPEI: The emergence and development of a local theatre. Theatre Research in Canada, 26.1, 64-81.

Bournot-Trites, Monique, George Belliveau, Jérémie Séror, Valia Spiliotopoulos. (2007). The role of drama on cultural sensitivity, motivation and literacy in a second language context, Learning through the Arts Research Journal, 3.1.http://repositories.cdlib.org/clta/lta/vol3/iss1/art9 (35 pages).

Belliveau, George. (2007). Ça bouge: Le théâtre de Moncton Sable. Theatre Research in Canada, 26.2, 114-129.

Belliveau, George. (2007). Dramatizing the data: An ethnodramatic exploration of a playbuilding process. Arts & Learning Research Journal, 23.1, 31-51.

Ryan, Dan, Jan Giles, George Belliveau and Elizabeth de Freitas. (2006). The effect of teaching style on learning and retention in a quantitative course. Active Learning in Higher Education, 7.3, 213 - 225.

Belliveau, George. (2006). Using drama to achieve social justice: Anti-bullying project in elementary schools. Universal Mosaic of Drama and Theatre - IDEA Publications, 5, 325 - 336.

Belliveau, George. (2006). Collective playbuilding: Using arts-based research to understand a social justice drama process in teacher education. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 7.5.http://ijea.asu.edu/v7n5/.

Belliveau, George. (2006). Performed research: Exploring an anti-bullying drama project in teacher education. Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education Research Journal, June 2, 9-11.

Belliveau, George. (2005). An arts-based approach to teach social justice: Drama as a way to address bullying in schools. International Journal of Arts Education, 3, 136 - 165.

Belliveau, George. (2005). An arts-based approach to teach social justice: Drama as a way to address bullying in schools (Mandarin Translation). International Journal of Arts Education, 3, 166 - 189.

Belliveau, George. (2005). Mining and community: Using the arts as a way of knowing. English Quarterly, 37.1, 1 - 7.

Belliveau, George. (2004). Managing to keep going ... Drama Education on Prince Edward Island. Canadian Drama Mosaic, 26 - 29.

Belliveau, George. (2004). Exploring Acadian History using arts-based teaching. Port Acadie, 5, 25 - 38.

Belliveau, George. (2004). Pre-service teachers engage in Collective Drama. English Quarterly, 35.3, 1 - 6.

Belliveau, George. (2003). Daddy on trial: Sharon Pollock’s New Brunswick plays. Theatre Research in Canada, 22.2, 161 - 172.

Belliveau, George. (2003). Remembering our past: Investigating British Columbia's history in The Komagata Maru Incident and The Hope Slide. B.C. Studies, 137, 93 - 106.

Belliveau, George. (2003). Les Arts Dramatiques pour étudier la Déportation Acadienne en Immersion Française. Canadian Modern Language Review, 59.3, 441 - 453.

Belliveau, George. (2002). Glace Bay to Hollywood: A political journey. Theatre Research in Canada, 22.1, 46 - 57.

Refereed Books

Fels, Lynn and George Belliveau. (2008). Exploring curriculum: performative inquiry, role drama and learning. Vancouver, British Columbia: Pacific Education Press.

Refereed Book Chapters

Belliveau, George, Beare, David. (2008). Dialoguing scripted data. Being with A/r/tography. Ed. Stepanie Springgay, Rita Irwin, Carl Leggo and Peter Gouzouasis. Sense Publishers: 141-152.

Belliveau, George. (2002). Paul Ledoux' Anne: A journey from page to stage. Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture. Ed. Irene Gammel. U Toronto Press: 201 - 215.

Non-Refereed Journal Publications

Belliveau, George, Vince White. (2008). It’s elementary! Learning and building community through Shakespeare. Proceedings Hawaii International Conference on Education. (2008): 806-817.

Belliveau, George and Graham Lea. (2006). PEI's Victoria Playhouse: Looking back, looking forward. Canadian Theatre Review, 128, 26 - 31.

Belliveau, George. (2006). Liveness in the Okanagan: Caravan Farm Theatre. Canadian Theatre Review, 127, 85 - 86.

Belliveau, George. (2005). Drama in the Maritimes: Tides (plays) are strong. Canadian Theatre Review, 122, 90 - 94.

Belliveau, George. (2004). Struggle to success: Collective drama on Anti-Bullying. Canadian Theatre Review, 117, 42 - 44.

Belliveau, George. (2002). Cancellation of TNB. Association for Canadian Theatre Research Newsletter, 26.1, 8 - 9.

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