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Josh Thompson; Nicole Pearce – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2022
Early childhood is a time of great creativity. Building creativity into the learning environment should be natural, organic, as observant teachers follow the child. This article provide tools for building creativity through play across the creative arts including dramatic play, movement and dance, music, and visual arts. Additionally, play and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Creativity, Educational Environment
Çayir, Nihan Akkocaoglu; Yolcu, Ayse – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
This study aims to determine a primary school teacher's observations and experiences regarding in-service training on drama method within the framework of collaborative action research model. The first author was invited to offer a 120-hour Drama Course upon request of the teachers in a primary school. In the 14th week, the action research process…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Dramatic Play
Ütkür, Nur – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
In this study aimed to identify preservice gifted education teachers' opinions on the instruction of life sciences and social studies courses and examine the activities, they developed regarding the several methods and techniques related to the courses. In this study, which has qualitative research features, an open-ended questionnaire was used as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Biological Sciences, Social Studies, Gifted Education
Wessel-Powell, Christy; Kargin, Tolga; Wohlwend, Karen E. – Reading Teacher, 2016
This article provides primary teachers with assessment tools and curricular examples to expand writers' workshop by adding a multimodal storytelling unit on drama and filmmaking, allowing students to create engaging off-the-page stories through films and play performances that enrich writing. Too often, children's literacy abilities are assessed…
Descriptors: Young Children, Story Telling, Enrichment Activities, Literacy
Rocklin, Edward L. – English Journal, 2009
One way of understanding the impact of the (re)emergence of a performance approach to teaching Shakespeare's plays that was, in part, initiated by the "Shakespeare Set Free" program and the books its creators composed is to say that for many teachers their work initiated the process of making performance activities central in English classrooms.…
Descriptors: English Literature, Drama, Teaching Methods, Class Activities
Eglitis, Daina S. – Teaching Sociology, 2010
This article discusses pedagogical exercises developed to help students appreciate the power of sociological perspectives as they seek to better understand their own lives and the world around them. The assignments are focused on fulfilling the particular course learning goal that highlights student mastery of the application of diverse…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sociology, Social Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Sherwood, Elizabeth A.; Freshwater, Amy – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2009
This article examines the pervasive influence of progressive education and travel on a public school kindergarten teacher's professional life. In a statement included in her handwritten list of goals for the children in her classroom, she echoed John Dewey, noting that a kindergarten child should "....live life fully and well because this is a…
Descriptors: Travel, Dramatic Play, Creative Teaching, Creativity
McNaughton, Marie Jeanne – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2010
The research on which this paper is based is a response to the UNESCO directive for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 2005-2014. Educators are advised to prepare young people for sustainable development and global citizenship and the Arts should be included in programmes in ESD. This paper presents an overview of a research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
McLennan, Deanna Marie Pecaski – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
In the current age of academic rigor, standards and accountability, the fostering of caring relationships in the classroom may not always be a priority. Expressing care for another person is a skill that can be taught and nurtured through a supportive educational environment. Sociodrama encourages each of its participants to develop…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Educational Environment, Curriculum Development, Dramatic Play
Bowne, Mary; Brokmeier, Sue – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2008
In a South Dakota early childhood program, children and adults in the kindergarten classroom collaborated to build a "classroom zoo" in support of the children's pretend play. Creation of the zoo incorporated information about animals and zoos that the children and their families and teachers located in secondary sources such as…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Dramatic Play, Participative Decision Making, Space Utilization
Baker-Sennett, Jacquelyn; Matusov, Eugene; Rogoff, Barbara – Social Development, 2008
This study examined the planning that occurred when children participated in classroom playcrafting with either adult or child leadership. In a first-/second-grade classroom in an innovative public school, we videotaped 11 sessions in which children volunteered to develop a play with small groups of classmates and seven sessions in which adult…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Skill Development, Social Development, Parent Participation
Instructor, 1982
Ten seasonal plays are presented: (1) September (nutrition); (2) October (Halloween); (3) November (Thanksgiving); (4 and 5) December (Hanukkah, Christmas); (6) January (Martin Luther King, Jr.); (7) February (friendship); (8) March (Saint Patrick's Day); (9) April (Easter); and (10) May/June (Memorial and Flag Days). (CJ)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education
Bodel, Mimi – Learning, 1987
This step-by-step approach to class plays will allow students to explore literature, think creatively, and learn to work together. Discussed are how to teach acting, choosing a story, teaching the story, rehearsing, and creating costumes and sets. (MT)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education

English Journal, 1990
Recommends eight plays from the 1980s which will challenge the thinking of students with issues such as evolving independence of young people, growing up in the context of racism and discrimination, insights into the world of the deaf, and the suffering of humanity during the French Revolution. (MG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, Dramatic Play, English Curriculum
Kohl, Herbert R. – 1988
Intended for teachers who have no particular experience or training in teaching theater, but who have a love of theater and enjoy a good play, this book discusses making theater with children. It explores improvisation, reading and acting with scripts, adapting plays for young actors, and writing plays. The examples presented in the text are…
Descriptors: Acting, Class Activities, Drama, Dramatic Play