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Dynak, Dave – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Describes the planning, implementation, evaluation, and implications of a "Drama Day"--a one-day middle school festival centered on creating theater. Discusses plans for "Drama Day II." (RS)
Descriptors: Acting, Drama Workshops, Dramatics, Junior High Schools
Pugliese, Rudolph E.; Gunther, Robert J. – Speech Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Acting, Drama Workshops, Dramatics, Educational Innovation
Berry, Edward; Hubbard, Elva Ellen – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1978
If a recreation program is to serve all the children in a community, creative alternatives must be provided for the children interested in both people and activity, yet disinterested in competitive sports. (MM)
Descriptors: Children, Community Recreation Programs, Creative Dramatics, Drama
Swortzell, Nancy – Drama/Theatre Teacher, 1993
Describes the methods employed in a series of 10 3-hour drama workshops out of which came a theatre-in-education (TIE) program (delivering an antidrug message) performed at the National Chinese Theatre Association. Notes that educational theater and theater in education were virtually unknown and never before performed in Taiwan. (RS)
Descriptors: Drama Workshops, Dramatics, Drug Abuse, Foreign Countries
Woody, Pamela Diane – 1974
The purposes of this study were to compare the effectiveness of Dorothy Heathcote's informal drama methodology (referred to as ENCOUNTER) with a formal drama approach (PLAYS) in increasing self-esteem of preadolescents in a Christian education program, and to determine if positive correlation existed between self-esteem and intrinsic religious…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Drama, Drama Workshops

Fancy, Alex – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Use of dramatics in French second language education is advocated with theoretical and practical arguments, and a four-stage approach to language acquisition through theater is proposed. The approach is based on activities of a bilingual theater troupe that offers Mount Allison University (New Brunswick) students an opportunity to participate in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Students, Drama Workshops, Dramatics
DAVENPORT, JUDITH K. – 1967
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THEATRE RESOURCES FOR YOUTH (PROJECT TRY) WAS TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR THEATER ARTS PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. TWO MAIN PROGRAMS--CHILDREN'S THEATER TOURING PROGRAMS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND CREATIVE DRAMATICS TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS--WERE DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cultural Awareness, Drama Workshops, Dramatics
Nielsen, Keith E. – 1972
The production of plays enables the students to associate themselves with the total matrix of the play--its social, political, economic, and cultural aspects; thus theater teaching should be ideally suited to learning cultural concepts about a specific country. This study tested a program of theater teaching against a more conventional teaching…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Cultural Education, Dogmatism, Drama Workshops
Dalrymple, Lynn – Research in Drama Education, 2006
In the South African context, "impact" is one of those words that has gathered a set of layered meanings in the field of research and evaluation. It is generally used to mean the "effect" an activity or experience has had on its target audience. Has the experience changed things in any way? Has it made a difference? This paper…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Drama Workshops, Health Education
Gasparro, Marie; Falletta, Bernadette – 1994
The use of poetry as drama in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom enables students to explore the linguistic and conceptual aspects of the written text without concentrating on the mechanics of language. Students are able to develop a sense of awareness of self in the target culture through dramatic interpretations of the poems.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Drama Workshops, Dramatics, Elementary Secondary Education

Martineau, Stephen – College English, 1974
Through the use of theater games, the literary and theatrical aspects of drama can be brought closer together in the classroom. (JH)
Descriptors: College English, College Language Programs, Creative Dramatics, Drama
Long, E. Hudson, Comp. – 1970
This selective bibliography, a guide to scholarship in the American drama and related subjects, provides coverage of the major works and topics, with emphasis on work published in the 20th century. Unpublished dissertations, most literary histories, and short notes and explications are omitted. Entries are listed under the general topics of…
Descriptors: Acting, Anthologies, Bibliographies, Drama
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1983
Based on the premise that a multischool theatre festival can provide educational interaction on a noncompetitive basis, this guide has been prepared as an aid for schools and theatre arts departments wishing to host such a festival. The guide discusses a variety of theatre festival components, including (1) the purpose and types of festivals; (2)…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Curriculum Guides, Drama Workshops
Hutchinson, P. William – 1977
Six months of observation--at two universities, at a drama festival, and with several independent theatre companies--form the basis for this evaluation of theatre in Kenya, Africa. While Kenyan dramas deal with a variety of themes, the majority are topical rather than universal in their treatment of issues. In many, the emphasis is on the…
Descriptors: Acting, African Culture, African Literature, Drama
Johnson, Albert and Bertha – 1969
This book with a three-part format contains information which the would-be thespian needs to know for maximum enjoyment and success in stage activities. The first part, "Heritage," traces the history and development of the theater from primitive ritual through the drama of classical Greece and Rome, the Renaissance, and modern Europe and America,…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acting, Characterization, Creative Dramatics