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Download full textHardy, Barbara – 1974
Experience is a necessary component and complement for the intellectual and academic study of drama, and consciousness-expanding alternatives to the classroom are viable alternatives, representing conceptual organizations positive in value. Festivity and celebration can serve a dual prupose: to expand consciousness of the literary period outside…
Descriptors: Comedy, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Humor
Peer reviewedMandelbaum, Jean – Young Children, 1975
Offers suggestions as to how teachers of nursery through second grade children might develop a creative dramatics program from elements that are already in the curriculum and in the children themselves. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Side, Ronald – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Dramatics, Creativity
Peer reviewedStyan, J. L. – Speech and Drama, 1975
Defines perceptual criticism as an act of verbalizing sight and sound perceptions and contends that this creative synthesizing gives a play its meaning. Speech and Drama, 205 Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Subscription Rate: $6.00 per year. (MH)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, Dramatic Play, Higher Education
Jeff, Joe – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1980
A charismatic teaching style turns the dance studio or classroom into a theatrical setting in which the dance instructor is "star" and the students are "supporting players." (CJ)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dance, Dramatic Play, Higher Education
SCHATTNER, REGINA – 1967
BY PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS AND SAMPLE SCRIPTS, THE AUTHOR SHOWS TEACHERS HOW TO BROADEN THE ENVIRONMENT OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN THROUGH DRAMATIC PLAY. TECHNIQUES OF PLAY PLANNING, MATERIALS, ADAPTATIONS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, PLAY ORGANIZATION, AND PLAY PRESENTATION ARE DISCUSSED. NINE PLAY SCRIPTS AND FOUR MUSICAL REVIEWS DEVELOPED BY…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Handicapped Children, Music Activities
WOODS, MARGARET S. – 1960
THROUGH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EXPERIENCES IN CREATIVE DRAMATICS, CHILDREN CAN DEVELOP SELF-REALIZATION AS THEY BECOME INVOLVED IN THINKING, FEELING, AND EXPERIENCING. CREATIVE DRAMA AFFORDS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTIVE CHANNELING OF EMOTIONS, DEVELOPS APPRECIATION OF THE WONDERS AND BEAUTY OF THE WORLD, PROMOTES THE ACQUISITION AND RETENTION…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Instructor, 1973
Formal plays offer opportunities for a child to develop skills in memorization oral expression, teamwork, and leadership. (Author)
Descriptors: Acting, Child Development, Creative Dramatics, Creative Expression
Adler, Richard R., Comp.; Trout, Lawana, Comp. – 1971
This annotated bibliography on creative dramatics is categorized as follows: For the Uninitiated Teacher, Other Books, and Articles. A total of 47 entries comprises the bibliography. (DB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play
Davies, Darlene Gould – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1985
Suggestions for making and using hand puppets, finger puppets, and shadow puppets are supplemented with ideas for scripts, building a puppet theater, and operating marionnettes. (JW)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedMatassarin, Kat – Children's Theatre Review, 1983
Examines the ways in which Jane Addams affected the field of creative drama. (PD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Activities, Children, Creative Activities
Peer reviewedSilver, Renee; Avery, Anne – English Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Educational Experiments, Primary Education
Peer reviewedNorris, Joe – Youth Theatre Journal, 2000
Discusses arts based research/alternative forms of representation. Discusses creating drama as a form of research and describes the author's own work in "collective creation/play building" with a research based Theatre-In-Education program to demonstrate that some of the practices employed in educational drama can be considered a…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, Dramatic Play, Educational Research
Peer reviewedJohnson, Andrew P. – Childhood Education, 1998
Provides specific steps and techniques for teaching and using creative dramatics in elementary school classrooms. Notes that creative dramatics address children's powerful emotions and imaginations, which children rely on to explore and understand the world. Discusses four necessary components of creative dramatics--structure, open-endedness, a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play
Peer reviewedBernell, Laura – Language Arts, 1976
Preparational and situational cues are explained in terms of childrens dramatic responses to compassionate love. (JH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play
