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Huovinen, Erkki; Tenkanen, Atte; Kuusinen, Vesa-Pekka – International Journal of Music Education, 2011
The aim of this article is to assess the relative merits of two approaches to teaching musical improvisation: a music-theoretical approach, focusing on chords and scales, and a "dramaturgical" one, emphasizing questions of balance, variation and tension. Adult students of music pedagogy, with limited previous experience in improvisation,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Creative Activities, Teacher Education
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Epcacan, Cevdet – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The objective of this research is to establish the opinions of teachers and candidate teachers on the effect of creative drama. Descriptive research method is used in line with the objective of the research. Questionnaire is used for collecting data for the research. Questionnaire was prepared by the researcher. For the reliability of the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Student Teacher Attitudes, Drama, Creative Activities
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Dulaney, Margaret A. – English Journal, 2012
After teaching in rural North Carolina for about six years, the author was on the verge of giving up on teaching Shakespeare to her students. Although they seemed to enjoy the action and the drama of Shakespeare's plays, the lack of connection between the students and the language and culture of the plays interfered with her ability to generate a…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Play, Instructional Innovation
Garner, Alison M. – Teaching Music, 2011
Only a few of the author's music students are dedicated to music as a possible career. Most squeeze their lessons in between soccer tournaments and play practices, homework and a social life. As their only musical outlet, the author feels a double responsibility. Her goal is to open children's minds and hearts to the world of music--for them to…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Imagery, Imagination
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Kuppers, Petra; Marcus, Neil – Research in Drama Education, 2009
This dialogue discusses disability and performance through poetic interrogation, interspersed with segments of Neil Marcus's play "My Sexual History." The authors touch on such topics such as sexuality and representation, dance and theatre, the management of disability staring, speech difference and writing, curiosity and shrouding. (Contains 1…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Theater Arts, Sexuality, Dance
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Albrecht, Vera; Comins, Barbara – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2014
This article informs about a multidisciplinary learning community targeting first year students from diverse cultural backgrounds at an urban community college. The combination of English, art, and philosophy of art in a "Creativity Cluster" offers an excellent opportunity for great teaching and learning experiences. Yet, how can faculty…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Freshmen, Cultural Background
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Greenwood, Janinka – Research in Drama Education, 2009
I propose a conceptualisation of drama in school education as improvisation within a framework that has a number of fixed but changing structures. I examine how the "drama in schooling" practice of one country, New Zealand, might be seen as a group improvisation in which, through dramatic negotiation, participants evolve their goals,…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Figurative Language, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Hamilton, James R. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2009
In "The Art of Theater," the author proposes and explains a claim that many theater people hold true in some form but have defended in a manner that has had almost no success outside discussions among themselves. The claim proposed is that, in an unqualified way, theater is a form of art. By that the author means theatrical performances are "what…
Descriptors: Drama, Theaters, Art, Aesthetics
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Jindal-Snape, Divya; Vettraino, Elinor; Lowson, Amanda; McDuff, Wilson – Education 3-13, 2011
Primary-secondary transition can be a period of extreme anxiety for some children, with lowering of self-esteem and confidence. Creative drama has been reported to enhance self-esteem and confidence. This paper explores the possibility of using drama to facilitate successful transition. It focuses on secondary datasets from six primary schools in…
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatics, Foreign Countries, Creative Activities
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Karakelle, Sema – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2009
The purpose of this study is to examine whether flexible and fluent thinking skills, two important elements in divergent thinking, can be enhanced through creative drama process. The research was conducted on 30 subjects, 15 in an experimental group and 15 in a control group. Each group consisted of 9 females and 6 males. All subjects were…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Creative Activities, Drama
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Hendrix, Rebecca; Eick, Charles; Shannon, David – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
Creative drama activities designed to help children learn difficult science concepts were integrated into an inquiry-based elementary science program. Children (n = 38) in an upper elementary enrichment program at one primary school were the participants in this action research. The teacher-researcher taught students the Full Option Science…
Descriptors: Drama, Action Research, Student Attitudes, Enrichment Activities
Rumble, Merle B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined how the use of African American literature that depicts Black males influences the reading comprehension and the reading motivation of Black boys as demonstrated through oral, written, and creative expressions. Studies have been conducted using children's literature with Black boys to examine their social interaction with the…
Descriptors: African American Literature, African Americans, Males, Reading Comprehension
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Tam, Po-chi – Research in Drama Education, 2010
Drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin's Carnival theory, this article focuses on specific outcomes of a research project the author undertook in Hong Kong, where drama pedagogy has been recently introduced into the official curriculum. It investigates the ways in which laughter, noise, jokes, frolic and popular literacies commonly appear in classrooms where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Instruction, Theories
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Yavuzer, Yasemin; Dikici, Ayhan; Gundogdu, Rezzan – Research in Drama Education, 2008
In Turkey, creative drama has been incorporated into many fields; in particular, it has been used in training teachers. In learning how to use drama to teach different subjects, trainee teachers have always participated willingly in drama studies. Part of the reason for this is that Turkish people are familiar with drama activities through…
Descriptors: Drama, Muslims, Dramatics, Females
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Lin, Yu-sien – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2010
The aim of the study was to examine how drama fosters children's everyday creativity, its relationship with creative pedagogy, and what teachers can provide for children's development in creativity in an Asian context. A series of drama lessons were designed and taught to two six-grade (11-12 years old) classes by involving pedagogical strategies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diaries, Teacher Role, Instructional Innovation
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