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Goodnight, Kristina; van Beuningen, Catherine; de Graaff, Rick – Research in Drama Education, 2023
Researchers worldwide have identified affective benefits of improvisational drama techniques (IDTs) on foreign language (FL) learners. Yet the characteristics of professional development programmes (PDPs) that could lead to long-term integration of drama among FL teachers appear largely undiscovered. Through expert interviews, a needs analysis…
Descriptors: Drama, Creative Activities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Morales-Almazan, Pedro – PRIMUS, 2022
This article explores the parallels between improvisational theater, commonly known as improv, and active teaching. Specifically, it focuses in the impact of improv techniques on instructor and teaching assistant professional development. The implementation of an active teaching seminar is analyzed, where improv techniques were used in developing…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Drama, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
Corsa, Andrew J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2021
Notable theorists have argued that theatre and drama play positive roles in the moral education of children and adults, including cultivating their capacity for empathy. Yet other theorists have expressed concerns that plays and educational practices involving improvisation might not lead to positive changes in real life, and might even have…
Descriptors: Empathy, Moral Values, Teaching Methods, Theater Arts
Er-Türküresin, Hafize – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of creative drama method on the Social Studies course achievement of students. Within the scope of the research, in Google Academic, EBSCOhost, ERIC, ULAKBIM TR Index, thesis databases of the Higher Education Council in Turkey (YÖK), a search was conducted via the key words "drama, creative…
Descriptors: Dramatics, Drama, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
Mendez-Martinez, E.; Fernandez-Rio, J. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
The goal of this research project was to assess the effects of an intervention programme based on theatrical improvisation in three different groups of Asperger Syndrome adolescents. It was organised around 2 single individual case studies and one small group, which included 11 participants. Study 1: a 14-year-old female adolescent of high…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Ho, Ka Lee Carrie – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2020
The following study reflects and explores the dynamics of aesthetic experiences within drama improvisations. This arts-based research was carried out in Hong Kong with six Cantonese children who were aged 3-5 years. Data were collected from the video transcripts of five workshops and the researcher's own research journal. Two significant milieus…
Descriptors: Drama, Creative Activities, Aesthetics, Young Children
O'Connell, Christine; McCauley, Jennifer; Herbert, Lisa – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2022
Strong mentoring relationships improve the success of students in academia and must be the foundation for increasing diversity in STEM. We developed an innovative skills-based training workshop to teach effective communication in mentoring and build awareness of diversity issues in STEM. The workshop was interactive and included open discussions,…
Descriptors: Empathy, Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, STEM Education
Hodde, Stephanie L. – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2023
Drawing from six-months of action research with spectacle theatre-makers in Chicago, this study explores multimodal, expeditionary practice of teaching artists who apprenticed girls through Redmoon Theatre's Dramagirls program. Concepts of new literacy design and aesthetic experience illustrate teaching in socio-semiotic and material worldcraft,…
Descriptors: Drama, Action Research, Theater Arts, Artists
Becker, Kelly Mancini – LEARNing Landscapes, 2020
This paper explores the use of performance in a college-level course that teaches education majors how to use drama, dance, and music in their instruction. Students engage in drama activities such as improvisation and playbuilding in an effort to experience firsthand the benefits of such practices for their future classrooms. The essay shares some…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Performance, Drama, Dance
Sextou, Persephone – Research in Drama Education, 2022
This paper relays the findings of the evaluation of an applied theatre project for children in hospital as perceived by hospital teachers. A mixed qualitative approach was used. Data were analysed using thematic analysis to explore the teachers' views on children's engagement with learning and the improvement of the hospital experience as a whole…
Descriptors: Drama, Hospitalized Children, Teacher Attitudes, Learner Engagement
Öz, Koray; Ahiskali, Eylem Ezgi; Türkel, Ali – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2022
This study aims to determine the opinions of preschool pre-service teachers on the adequacy of online drama lessons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive survey model of the qualitative research methods was used and online drama lessons were run over a 12-weekperiod. Participants of the research were 64 pre-school prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Drama
Riski Lestiono; Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum; Rosalin I. Gusdian; Lailatul Rifah – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
English for young learners (EYL) teachers have practiced some creative activities to maintain their pupils' learning with natural exposure to the target language amidst the pandemic. One activity practiced by Indonesian and Korean teachers was an international collaboration to perform a virtual drama of each country's folktale. This…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Variation
Mizusawa, Ken – Teaching Artist Journal, 2019
In this article, I outline and theorize about a series of three lessons on playwriting I conducted in a secondary English Literature classroom in Singapore using drama improvisation strategies that I name drama-based playwriting, or DBP. I advance the argument that this genre of creative writing is best taught through the medium of drama so as to…
Descriptors: Playwriting, English Literature, Secondary Education, Drama
Méndez Martínez, Emilio; Fernandez-Rio, Javier – Research in Drama Education, 2021
The goal was to assess the effects of a Theatrical Improvisation programme on students' motor creativity. 163 Secondary Education students participated: the experimental group, who experienced a Theatrical Improvisation unit, and the comparison group, who experienced a Drama in Education unit (based on the current Spanish educational law). A…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Program Effectiveness, Creative Activities, Motor Development
Casteleyn, Jordi – Research in Drama Education, 2019
Students in secondary education often suffer from public speaking stress, but formal education does not provide any means to support the battle with this anxiety. This study aims at decreasing public speaking stress and increasing public speaking competence via an innovative intervention program that is rooted in the principles of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Public Speaking, Stress Management