Goodwillie’s book called, “Breaking Through” and Cameron’s book called, “the Artist’s Way,” focuses on two unique ways of teaching people about creative drama. There are many benefits of using creative drama in the classroom. Social awareness is increased through working with others, and pretending to “be” others. By doing this, a child can learn to understand himself and others. Also, Children learn cooperation, leadership, and communication skills.
You must be professional and approachable to children giving them lots of praise and eye contact. If you do this the child feels comfortable around you. If the child feels happy and comfortable and able to trust you then you are making the right impression on them. Allowing the child to come to you when they feel uncomfortable or they need assistance with something. Children tend to role play themselves through play playing schools and playing the role of teachers, playing mums and dads, etc so this proves that the way in which adults behave has a strong impact on how children look up to adults as role models.
A teacher with high expectations for his or herself will ultimately pass that quality on to their students. Caring comes naturally for great teachers. When a teacher genuinely cares for the students entrusted to them, they are able to reach them with greater ease. Great teachers make their classroom a place where caring is the norm. In a climate of care, students are more inclined to take up for each other, protect each other, and teach others how to care.
His theory underlined the contribution to learning made by others. He also believed key ideas in a classroom then became conversation, play and opportunities to follow interests and ideas. In (appendices 4) Tina Bruce’s theory is ‘free flow’ play she believed children learnt better from developing rules and props and freely chosen activities. Her approach to early education was developed around schemas. She believed “a pattern of repeated actions.
Orla Devlin Chrissie Poulter Principles of Drama and Community Michaelmas 2014 The Benefit of using Drama to facilitate Second Language Acquisition Using drama in the classroom can be a wonderful tool for both students and teachers to aid the learning of a second language. It is a common misconception that drama lies solely in the performance of plays, however, the process is just as, if not more important than exhibition. Drama allows the students to play an active role in their learning and can relieve the monotony of classroom teaching which stifles students’ imagination and vigour. Similarly, the use of dramatic tools such as improvisation to re-enact every day situation improves fluency in important and necessary vocabulary and increases
Theorists Robert Sternberg and Howard Gardner argue that children who can make new connections and draw something new from them is a type of intelligence. It is important to offer children lots of first-hand experiences so that they can develop knowledge and draw from their own experiences. Social Models – These theories look at the environment in which the children are learning and the adults they are supported by. Social models link to cultural approaches and role modelling. Children learn by observing and imitating and so watching and being supported by adults who encourage and work creatively by being flexible in approach, solving problems and painting and drawing with them can help develop their creativity.
When communicating we should think about our choice of words, body language, eye contact, listening and how we respond. A young person will look to their teacher/support as a role model; therefore professional clear communication is very important. If a good relationship has been developed between students and their role models they are more likely to feel comfortable talking to them and will feel that they are approachable. More beneficial support to the young people is more likely and so this will have a good impact on learning and social skills. When communicating we should consider many things to be a positive effective role model.
Creative role play, the children can be very creative in role play and they will take on the roles of their parents or schools. This builds up confidence, friendships and how they see us as adults. Role play will help with their personal, social and emotional development. Creative writing, children can use storytelling and be creative with making up their own stories. Creative through modelling,
The results of the study indicated that drama can be a highly effective tool that the children enjoy taking part in. However, for this to be the case, the right classroom culture must be created, support and encouragement of the children must be given and a varied curriculum surrounding it’s use provided. Introduction Teachers today face the challenge of educating children that speak English as an additional language (Rieg & Paquette, 2009). Pagett (2006) stated that ‘children from diverse ethnic backgrounds may find themselves caught between two cultures where their identity in each is strongly related to language use’. Using drama around a story could help to provide a child with a good comprehension of the text, therefore helping
Principal C articulated that her major managerial responsibilities focus more on welfare of the teachers, performance of the students and the improvement of the school’s physical feature. She further emphasized that the importance of school learning environment management when she further elaborated that: “It is very important to look for the physical improvement of the school because this is the learning environment of the students. If we can provide enough resources ... enough facilities to the students, I am sure that learning will take place as learners will learn in a conducive environment.” Principal C stressed out that when she makes decisions relative to school management she always consult teachers and solicit their brilliant