The aim of this study is to examine and determine the extent to which educational drama, as an innovative teaching approach, can cultivate critical thinking of students in primary school. Based on the principles of educational drama, 15 theatrical workshops were designed in relation with and corresponding to the culture and interests of the…

This case study draws on some experiments I have been doing in the use of dice in the ideas generation phase of a creative project. It draws on workshops I have run with creative technology students at Goldsmiths, with a range of adults at the Counterplay Conference in Aarhus (Denmark) and the Playful Learning Conference at Manchester Metropolitan…

This article arose out of my involvement in an undergraduate drama module at the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, where I made use of workshop theatre methodologies to explore how second-year drama students construct knowledge and develop sociocultural understandings of critical issues in society. The workshop theatre project…

A research project investigated the place of educational drama methodologies in the workplace and vocational education in Australia. Through a special study unit, 10 workplace trainers volunteered to be involved as part of their course of study. The unit spanned 5 months and included 5 days of workshops exploring educational drama methodology and…

The use of works by T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, and Shakespeare in interactive and experiential sessions with pupils with severe disabilities are described. A case study in assessment is provided by evaluating responses of one adolescent and showing how a Shakespeare workshop enabled her to become an active learner. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

This paper is an analysis of a project that involved African American middle school students in a drama program that was based on their lives and the stories of their community. Students were trained in performance skills, participated in the development of a script, and then performed the script in local schools. The 10 student participants, 5…