Integrating Drama Teaching into Localized Curriculum:A Case Study

• Main Authors: Tseng, Li-Ting, 曾莉婷
• Other Authors: CHEN, REN-FU
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82997904041991755591

碩士 === 國立屏東大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 103 === This study aims to explore the process of integrating drama teaching into localized curriculum. Based on the qualitative research method; the study involved participants including the researcher, who was also the instructor in the Rainbow Class in the Galaya Preschool, and fifteen children, aged from four to five years old. According to the story of “The Deluge at Pacavalj,” the researcher designed the localized drama thementic courses and then had proceeded the instruction for a semester. The teaching process was recorded and analyzed by the interviews, the childrens’ learning results, the observation records of cooperative instructors, document analysis, and reflective journals. 1. Curriculum design: localized legends or stories are able to integrate drama thementic actitivies into children’s local life experiences. The drama thementic courses help children acquire their own cultural identity and then cultivate their abilities to pass on their cultures. 2. Curriculum implementation: the establishment of childrens’ prior knowledge of drama is going to help the proceeding of drama activites and the understanding of local cultures. Also, making a drama contract with children in the very beginning can reduce the regular problems arising from the activities and also promote the participation of the drama activities. Besides, in-depth questioning can incorporate children’s experiences of drama activities with their understandings of local cultures. 3. Teacher growth & student growth: drama activities are able to promote children’s cultural identity, improve their abilities of expression and thinking. Through drama teaching, teachers and cooperative instructors increase their abilities of questioning, discussion and integrating drama into theme-based instruction.