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Stakes, Mary E. – 1987
Teachers can create an interest in the founding period of U.S. history and present students with an authentic view of this time period through the presentation of this play. The dramatic pretense of the play is that the audience, by their presence, is part of the drama. The audience plays the part of travelers visiting a Philadelphia home in the…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Creative Activities, Dramatic Play, Life Style
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Guss, Faith – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2005
This article aims to trouble the identity of children's dramatic play(ing). It contains two interweaving threads of discourse. In one thread lies a discussion of how children can trouble and extend their own identities through the aesthetic form-languages and conventions they employ and deploy in their dramatic playing/pretend playing. Whereas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Dramatic Play, Identification
Black, Janet K. – 1980
The interactional competence of 12 kindergarten children was studied through naturalistic research of their sociodramatic play in a classroom context. Data were collected by both videotape and trained observers. Contextual and interactional information was analyzed according to an Interactional Competency Checklist (ICC) designed by the author.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Communication Skills, Dramatic Play, Interaction
Dodge, Diane Trister – 1979
Offered as a supplement to the House Corner Curriculum Manual (HCCM) this trainer's guide for center directors and others responsible for teacher training and parent education focuses on developing and presenting workshops. The guide is divided into five sessions, each of which corresponds to the five chapters in the HCCM. Topics include the…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities, Parent Education
Robinson, Violet B. – 1975
Dramatic play, an activity for which children show a natural inclination, provides kindergarten children with the opportunities for acquiring new vocabulary, extending word meaning, acquiring and practicing verbal expression and syntactical patterns, and gaining in language facility. In order to foster this language development, kindergarten…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dramatic Play, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition
King, Nancy – 1975
This book is about using movement, shape, color, texture, rhythm, sounds, and words to express ideas, attitudes, and feelings. It is about learning to be open to one's feelings and the feelings of others. The first four chapters deal with questioning, groundwork, and evaluation; they discuss such topics as arranging space, teacher participation,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Instructional Materials
Kelly, Elizabeth Flory – 1976
The contents of this booklet focus on effective techniques for using dramatics in the classroom and are based on the premise that drama can integrate all skills and help to avoid fragmentation in learning. Chapters discuss motivating the dreamers in the classroom, curriculum dramatics--eclectic teaching, training the teacher, transforming the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Dramatics, Curriculum
Saltz, Eli; Johnson, James – 1973
Disadvantaged preschool children directed in the role-enactment of imaginary stories were found to be superior to control children (who did not engage in role playing) on several measures of social and cognitive development. Fantasy play training resulted in a higher incidence of spontaneous sociodramatic play, higher scores on an interpersonal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dramatic Play, Fantasy
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Klepac, Richard L. – Mental Retardation, 1978
The Nevada State School and Hospital has begun a program in social dramatics aimed at bringing retarded adults into social responsibility. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Problems, Dramatic Play, Mental Retardation
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Schuncke, George M. – Social Studies, 1978
Presents basic information for teachers about how to use role-play, dramatic play, and simulations in the elementary social studies classroom. Explains how to proceed through the introduction or warm-up, the activity itself, and the follow-up evaluation. (AV)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Process Education
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Irwin, Eleanor C. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1987
Discusses the history and theory of drama therapy and illustrates it through case studies. Makes suggestions for counselors who wish to use drama to promote psychological development. Notes that using dramatic activities allows counselors to view the inner world of their clients through symbolization, characterization, and interaction. (ABB)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Kenny, Adele – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1987
The article explores the use of drama in counseling gifted, creative, and talented students. Five constituent instruments (stage, subject, director, auxiliary egos, audience) in the psychodramatic method are described as well as the four techniques (double ego, mirror technique, role reversal, soliloquy technique) basic to the psychotherapy…
Descriptors: Catharsis, Counseling Techniques, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play
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Chilcoat, George W. – Social Education, 1988
Describes historical background of the "Living Newspaper" theater, the procedure in using the genre as a classroom activity, and the evaluation of the activity for student learning. Presents an example of play design and an observation-debriefing form, concluding that this medium stimulates student curiosity about the past and may be…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dramatic Play, High Schools, History
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Collins, Patrick M. – Children's Theatre Review, 1984
Discusses the significance of dramatic form in fostering children's cognitive and affective development. Examines the work of John Dewey, Susanne Langer, Nelson Goodman, Gavin Bolton, and Robert Witkin. (PD)
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Development, Creative Dramatics, Drama
Care, Jean-Marc – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Discusses roles for improvised role-playing as a language exercise in the French class. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Language Instruction
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