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Direct linkLoreain Martinez-lejarreta; Lorna Arnott; Kate Wall – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
This article explores the usefulness of detective role-play as a research method to facilitate young children's critical thinking. The study examines four specifically designed detective play experiences, adopting an ethical rights-based approach to research with children. This qualitative multiple-case study is grounded in play-based pedagogy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Critical Thinking, Active Learning
Sappa, Viviana; Barabasch, Antje – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
This paper introduces the results of an evaluation of the Forum-theatre workshop method, which was designed within the framework of a resilience-building intervention. About 230 in-service vocational school teachers in Canton of Ticino participated in the study. A mixed-methods research design was applied to investigate potentialities of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Resilience (Psychology), Inservice Teacher Education, Intervention
Download full textThambu, Nadarajan; Haji Othman, Mohamad Khairi; Mahadir Naidu, Noor Banu – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2020
Purpose: The power of forum theatre in education and various other fields is well known by educators. However, the use of forum theatre in Malaysia, particularly in the field of moral education, is still limited. At the same time, the development of thinking skills is one of the aims of the Malaysian moral education curriculum. Therefore, this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dramatic Play, Values Education, Moral Values
Miles, Lisa Rounds – Young Children, 2009
In this article, the author shares her experience in setting up a unique imitative play through which children try on roles and imitate "grown-up" activities, thereby developing feelings of confidence and competence. As children play, they gain communication and negotiation skills; if conflicts arise, they engage in creative problem solving.…
Descriptors: Play, Dramatic Play, Imitation, Self Esteem
Peer reviewedLipson, Greta B. – Clearing House, 1977
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Teaching, Dramatic Play, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedPettigrew, Johnnie Chester – English in Texas, 1994
Addresses drama in the early childhood classroom as a useful tool for focusing on many of the current concerns in education including problem solving, integration of curriculum, writing across the curriculum, and authentic assessment. (RS)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedHendricks, 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
Munn, Dawn – Environmental Education, 1995
Recounts a week-long environmental program that revolved around staff dressing up as Alpha Centaurions to point out pollution on Earth. Activities were chosen to teach students about ways in which our environment is being ruined and students were encouraged to look for solutions. Activities included zoo visits, ecological study of Brockhill Valley…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conservation Education, Dramatic Play, Ecology
Peer reviewedWolf, Shelby A. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Describes the process through which a multiracial, urban elementary class of remedial students adapted the children's story, "Dr. DeSoto," for an in-class presentation. Expands on this example to discuss the role of drama in language, cognitive development, and problem solving. Includes extensive transcripts of the children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development, Cooperation, Creative Expression
Northampton Public Schools, MA. – 1969
The Project's report on its second year gives a detailed description of the construction and trial of its innovative 8th-grade American History course. Local history and local and national contemporary problems were interwoven with the traditional content of American history. Teaching-learning methods and activities included film-viewing,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Discovery Processes
Northampton Public Schools, MA. – 1968
The creation of an 8th-grade American history course and the training of teachers for the course are the goals of this project. Primarily a course in national history, it uses local (Northampton, Mass.) events and people as a key to understanding the larger national picture. The course objectives were to enable students to analyze, interpret, and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Community Study, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
