Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

Dramatic Experiences

• Come next to contrived experiences

• A reconstruct experiences

• Require us to be dramatic in our entrance

• Something that is stirring or affecting or moving

Dramatized experiences can range from the:

• Formal plays

• Pageants

• Tableau

• Pantomime

• Puppets

• Role playing

Formal Plays

• Depict life, character or culture

• Portray vividly important ideas about life

• Needs a length of time to prepare

• Have its mechanics like costumes and props

Pageants

• Usually community dramas

• Based on local history

• Presented by local actors

Example: A historical pageant that traces the

growth of a school

Tableau and Pantomime

• A TABLEAU is a picture like scene composed of people against a background.

Example: Used in Independence Day,

Christmas and United Nation Day.

• A PANTOMIME is the art of conveying a story through bodily movements only.

These two are purely visual experiences.

Puppets

Puppets come in different kinds. These are the most common:

Shadow Puppets- flat back silhouette made from lightweight cardboard

Rod Puppets- flat cut out figures tacked to a stick

Hand Puppets- the puppets head is operated by the

forefinger of the puppeteer.

Glove and Finger Puppets- make use of old gloves to which small costumed figure are attached.

Marionettes –flexible , jointed puppets operated by strings or wires attached to a cross bar.

What principles must be observed in choosing a puppet play for teaching?

• Do not use puppets for plays that can be done just as well or better by other dramatic means.

• Do not omit music and dancing as part of the puppet show.

• Keep the plays short.

• Adapt the puppet show to the age, and tastes of the students.

Role Play

• Unrehearsed dramatization

• Unprepared dramatization

• Spontaneous dramatization

• “Lets pretend” situation where assigned participants are absorbed by their own roles in the situation described by the teachers.

“All dramatized is essentially a process of

communication ,in which both participant

and spectators are engaged. A creative

interaction takes place, a sharing of ideas.”

-Edgar Dale

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