A study of methods of teaching creative dramatics in Australia, the United States, England and Canada. (RN)

Children come to terms with real life through acting out contrasting reactions to situations. One must be careful, however, to chose plays appropriate to the age of the actor. (AF)

Defining creative drama as a teaching process that uses the inherent ability of each person to explore ideas, behavior patterns, and human relationships, this monograph is designed to help teachers create a working environment within which this process can be most productive. Various sections of the monograph provide information about how creative…

Creative drama provides the opportunity for children to experience fantasy and for teachers and children to interact through role playing. (JH)

This article examines the nature of relationships between funders and applied theatre companies. Recognising that this is a murky terrain where competing agendas and goals can jeopardise the effectiveness of applied theatre programmes, the article traces the history of the funding relationship between Applied Theatre Consultants Ltd and Child,…

In this article, the author shares her experience in setting up a unique imitative play through which children try on roles and imitate "grown-up" activities, thereby developing feelings of confidence and competence. As children play, they gain communication and negotiation skills; if conflicts arise, they engage in creative problem solving.…

Suggestions for teaching creative dramatics. (CH)

For an introduction to Shakespeare's "Tempest," dramatic interest and tension were created in the classroom through taped interviews with survivors of present-day sea disasters, student improvisations of scenes, music, and historical accounts of shipwrecks. (MF)

Illustrates how to dramatize--using movements, scripting, sensory images, and other techniques--poetry by providing description of how one group of students transformed Alfred Noyes's "Casey at the Bat."

Describes a program of half-hour, lunch period, dramatic productions staged by high school students. (DD)

Improvisation and pantomime are used in a class "adventure" that sparks the imagination, promotes positive group interaction, generates fun, and can be a new approach to experimental teaching. (Author)

The article advances the argument that improvisational technique is an externalization of an otherwise internal and creative state of mind, the primary value of which is the discovery of vital principles. (Author)

Theatre, particularly the use of puppet shows and games, can play an important role in the development of the personality of the preschool child. (NH)

The production of plays enables the students to associate themselves with the total matrix of the play--its social, political, economic, and cultural aspects; thus theater teaching should be ideally suited to learning cultural concepts about a specific country. This study tested a program of theater teaching against a more conventional teaching…

My specific teaching and research interest is drama in the classroom--drama as a teaching and learning medium to fulfil a curriculum demand for student-active, creative and aesthetic learning processes. In this article I will focus on the challenges and possibilities that exist in Norwegian classroom drama. The article is based on my latest…