Its really amazing to look at the importance of using drama in the classroom, and what is sad is how forgotten it can be when it comes to trying to get the 'best test scores'. I definitely am planning on integrating drama as much as possible in my classroom, before it had more to do with the fact that I already enjoy it quite a bit, but the difference for students is amazing, both in their problem solving ablities and in their basic ability to function. (This is refering to test scores as well as functioning later on in other classrooms.) I do think it might be a little bit tricky at first in the classroom considering that kids tend to get a little bit rambuncious and I still wouldn't know how to guide them to the best of my ability, but I think after a few bumps the classroom would get it and settle into a really great environment for learning and drama collaborating.
One of the things I want to do in my classroom is make sure that no lesson is without integration with another subject. To do this may be a little bit tricky especially considering math and science, which tend to be the most disliked subjects in our schools today. With subjects like social studies, english, and technology I can think of a dozens different ways to integrate drama, but I am hitting a bit of a blog with those two. I think that this may be the cause of so many students having a difficult time with these subjects when they really can be alot of fun. I am going to have to brain storm on some ideas, but so far its only the history part of those two subjects I can think of. Maybe it would be possible to intergrate a drama game of 'investigation' with science. Considering the two have alot of similarities its not too far fetched... And math we could do fraction games where students are what make up the fractions. Lol. I am really not sure, but over time I will come up with more ^.^
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