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Wagner, Betty Jane – Learning, 1974
This article describes the teaching method of Dorothy Heathcote, Professor of Drama at the Institute of Education at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. She uses classroom dramas for her classes, letting the children create their own dramatic situations. (JA)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Dramatic Play, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Baker, Betty Ruth – 1992
This paper presents a guide to the selection and use of finger plays with children. Finger plays are defined as brief stories that rhyme and can be dramatized by fingers. After touching briefly on the origins of finger plays, the paper lists several uses for this activity, including motivating students, introducing new themes or units, and…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Language Enrichment
Morris, William S., Jr. – Media and Methods, 1976
Suggests ways in which improvisational drama can be used to foster student involvement, self-awareness, and communication. (KS)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Learning Activities
Care, Jean-Marc – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Discusses dramatic techniques and their limitations in French language learning. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Language Instruction
Clift, Renee T. – 1984
A study compared the effects of dramatic enactment as a class activity with more traditional teaching methods on students' acquisition and retention of the concepts taught in the lesson. Subjects were 102 secondary school students from various content classes, randomly assigned to a half-class. Each half-class was taught two lesson topics, half…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Dramatic Play, Educational Research

Bird, Alan – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
This article gives many suggestions for using drama in the foreign language classroom. (CFM)
Descriptors: Acting, Drama, Dramatic Play, English (Second Language)
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

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
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
Debyser, Francis – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Proposes French language learning activities based on dramatic techniques. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Language Instruction
Fleming, Claire Scholz; And Others – Learning, 1983
Puppets can be used in the classroom to teach, to tell stories, to introduce new students or books, and to develop children's cooperation, creativity, and coordination. Instruction on how to make and manipulate puppets, plan puppet plays, and locate information on puppetry are given. (PP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Construction (Process), Dramatic Play, Educational Resources
Rubin, Janet E. – 1978
In the back to basics era, creative dramatics should still be used in the English classroom because it helps to develop the entire child. For some time, teaching strategies have been directed at the left brain, the hemisphere that deals with logical and linear functions. Recently, however, attention has been given to the right side of the brain,…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Cerebral Dominance, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play
Rubin, Janet – 1977
Creative dramatics can be used to teach young children a variety of communication skills. Noisy stories help children to learn and make sounds and later can be used for dramatization purposes. Narrative pantomimes can teach children word order, sensory awareness, and nonverbal communication. Phrases, pictures, and props help stimulate imagination,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play

Hendricks, Beverly Lusty – Communication Education, 1977
Defines "creative rehersal" as a semi-structured playing of a narrative thread in a spontaneous manner by a child or group of children and an adult in order to practive problem solving abilities and describes the interaction of a child and an adult in such a situation. (MH)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Developmental Programs, Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education

Rosenberg, Helane S. – Youth Theatre Journal, 1989
Describes a case study which collected journals from, interviewed, and observed 23 children as they participated in a 6-week creative drama workshop using the Rutgers Imagination Method. Finds improvement in specific areas of learning, including vocabulary, imagery abilities, and dramatic behavior. (SR)
Descriptors: Acting, Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Research