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Forseth, Jonia – Language Arts, 1976
Creative drama provides the opportunity for children to experience fantasy and for teachers and children to interact through role playing. (JH)
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, Dramatic Play, Dramatics
Kelly-Byrne, Diana – Australian Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes children's dramatic play behavior as a structured, recognizable phenomenon that is the result of careful nurturing by caregivers and a future tool to make vivid the actualities and potentialities of human experience. (CRH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education
Lint, Peter van – Levende Talen, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Development, Culture, Dramatic Play
Jackman, Norma F. – Instructor, 1972
After reading a short story, a sixth grade class became involved in an avid discussion, a debate, and dramatic play - all based on the short story. A vast amount of learning had taken place through the study of a single short story. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Debate, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Dramatic Play, Elementary Education
LaFlamme, Robert H. – Elementary English, 1975
The story time activity for kindergartners can be enhanced by involving the children in creative movement, puppets, plays, sequence cards, and felt figures. (JH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Books, Childrens Literature, Dramatic Play
CARPENTER, ETHELOUISE; SHIPLEY, FERNE – 1962
PLAY WHICH INVOLVES NATURAL MOVEMENT HELPS THE CHILD TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ABOUT HIMSELF. AN EXPANSIVE AND VERSATILE USE OF SPACE FOR LIVING INCREASES WITH EXPLORATION. FREEDOM TO MOVE IS INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL. NEW EXPERIENCES ARISING OUT OF CURIOSITY AND INTERACTION WITH HIS OWN FAMILY AND OTHER…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Childrens Games, Classroom Environment
Hilker, Gordon – 1974
Although the material in this booklet is specifically designed for National Park Service employees, the subjects covered apply to all oral interpretive programs. The first chapter considers researching and writing the script and music and dance in the script; chapter 2 discusses settings, including speaking positions, decor, and properties;…
Descriptors: Audiences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Demonstrations (Educational), Dramatic Play
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
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Zielsprache Englisch, 1977
Eight essays (summarized individually) are offered as supplements to the articles by Michael Knight ("Role-Play") and Mary Finocchiaro ("Role-Playing in the Language Classroom") which appeared in Zielsprache Englisch 3/1977. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dramatic Play, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
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Nelson, Pamela A. – Language Arts, 1988
Suggests that drama provides an excellent opportunity for children to learn about history, especially children who have not yet reached the formal operational level of development. Describes a program coordinated with a historical museum in which children reenact a school day in 1888. (ARH)
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Bergseth, Wendy A.; And Others – Intercom, 1973
Role-playing and creative dramatics provide children with practice in a great number of vital human concerns. A sample lesson for use in elementary grades is designed to help children understand systems thinking. A variety of global concepts are presented in the lessons. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Global Approach
Kise, Joan Duff – Academic Therapy, 1982
The author describes ACT (Acting Out Central Theme), a method for dealing with psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains in slow readers. The ACT approach involves three sessions which focus on discussion of a theme such as friendship, presentaton of the theme as a skit, and assignment of topics to individual students. (SW)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
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Walker, T. A. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1977
Several short improvised skits were used in a class on language usage for foreign teachers of English. The dramas were successful in getting the class to use idiomatic English and to induce even the self-conscious to speak. (CHK)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Language Instruction
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Martin-Smith, Alistair – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 1995
Suggests that, through practical understanding of quantum theory, teachers can develop new role-play and narrative strategies, arguing that describing fictional worlds through narrative and exploring virtual worlds through role play can transform children's consciousness. Applies the quantum theory metaphor to drama, learning, and self-image.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Expression, Developmental Stages, Dramatic Play
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Goff, Kathy; Torrance, E. Paul – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This paper explores the relationship between mental activity and physical well-being, through examination of such component activities as imagery, relaxation, sociodrama, and play. The paper concludes that wellness involves the physical and mental health of an individual, positive future images, and true communication with ourselves and others.…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Dramatic Play, Imagery
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