Teaching Drama in Education in the University of Ghana: My perspectives about Ghanaian indigenous games
Date
2023
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Youth Theatre Journal
Abstract
This proposal reveals the significance of Applied Theatre in Ghana,
with special interest in Drama in Education (DIE) as a teaching tool for
teachers and learners. As a teaching tool, Drama in Education places
tremendous emphasis on Process, Performance and Skill oriented
activities to achieve its teaching and learning goals. The dramatic
experiences derived from the improvisations; creative dramatics,
mime, role-play and other Ghanaian indigenous art forms such as
games, symbols, proverbs, storytelling, etc. in the learning explora tions expedite transformation in learners. In these dramatic develop ments, creativity helps to improve not only learners but society as
a whole. This paper aims at exhibiting some of the games employed in
various sessions with students in the University of Ghana.
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Theatre, Ghana, Drama in Education (DIE)