• Dr. Huda A. Galaby

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In a three – month – study at the School of Education and Professional Development in
the University of East Anglia in Britain in 1996, I had the privilege to know, through my visits to
primary, middle and high schools, new approaches of teaching drama. These approaches can be
applied not only to plays, novels and short stories but to different subjects. Dramatization is
considered a method of teaching that can be used in difficult subjects such as philosophy,
history, grammar and humanities. Dramatization can take different techniques: debate,
improvisation, tableau, the minute play, hot seating, production of ideas, design, subtext, theatre
in education, pantomime and role-playing. These approaches extend the children's and students'
imagination, make them learn through fun, entertainment and pleasure. Attending as many
drama classes as I could, gave me a superb experience of new methods of teaching. They can
help creating an atmosphere of learning through entertainment. I found out that the previous aim
was one of Sprowston High's aims. That is why schools have to take such methods in their policy.
Drama is not considered as a subject but as a method of teaching . Dramatization of lessons or
teaching lessons using the method of introducing a story will be an innovative technique and an
effective one as well . This can be used in drama lessons or any other subjects such as history ,
geography and humanities . My domain of interest is literature ; drama , novel , poetry and short
story . My point of view is that dramatization can be used as a method of introducing moral
judgment . This will enable the students to share in the events of the play or the novel they are
studying . For instance , if they are studying King Lear and the characters are divided among the
students , they can act and hold a trial of the characters . I think this will enable them to
understand it and have their own views . They may have different viewpoints but they still
shared in the process of learning .

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