The Use of Creative Drama Methods within Kindergartens from the Perspective of the Teaching Staff

Autor/inn/en	Rochovská, Ivana; Švábová, Božena
Titel	The Use of Creative Drama Methods within Kindergartens from the Perspective of the Teaching Staff
Quelle	In: Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 81 (2023) 3, S.388-400 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1822-7864
Schlagwörter	Drama; Creative Activities; Kindergarten; Teaching Methods; Preschool Teachers; Teacher Aides; Teacher Attitudes; Reflection; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Teacher Characteristics; Slovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schauspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Handreichung; Lehrerhilfe; Lehrerverhalten; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Slowakei
Abstract	Creative drama has great potential and its implementation in education from pre-school education requires research, as evidenced by the number of scientific studies that have been registered in international research databases over the last ten years. The aim of the research was to examine the use of creative drama methods within kindergartens in Slovakia from the perspective of the kindergarten teaching staff (teachers and teaching assistants). A quantitative research design was used. 407 kindergarten teaching staff responded to the items of the questionnaire of the authors' construction. From the results of the research, it is possible to state that there is an average level of knowledge of creative drama among kindergarten teaching staff (based on their self-reflection). Furthermore, based on the self-reflection of the teaching staff, it can be stated that there are below-average opportunities for their education in the area of creative drama and a below-average level of using creative drama methods in kindergartens. Nevertheless, the status of the use of creative drama methods has improved over the last 10 years. The results of the research are a stimulus for further research - analysis of the responses of the teaching staff in terms of their age and pedagogical practice in order to estimate the development of the current state of using creative drama in kindergartens. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01