Drama-in-education for critical historical thinkers: A case study in the Greek context

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2020
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Kosti, Katerina
Papaioannou, Theodora
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Department of German, University College Cork
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The case study presented in this article refers to the connection of drama-in-education and critical thinking in history, in order to highlight the importance of drama for the teaching of history in primary schools in Greece. The research plan adopted is quantitative and qualitative, and the research strategy applied is that of case study. For the purposes of this study, four scenarios based on drama-in-education techniques were designed and applied on a sample of forty-three primary students. The analysis of the findings show that the students’ understanding of historical contexts and objectives of historically active subjects was encouraged by drama-based instruction.
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Drama-in-education , Critical thinking , Case study , History teaching , Primary students , Primary school
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Kosti, K. and Papaioannou, T. (2020) 'Drama-in-education for critical historical thinkers: A case study in the Greek context', Scenario: A Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, XIV(2), pp. 26-41. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.14.2.2