Using Drama Activities

About. The resource comprises one 2 page DfES document (drawn from a larger document - see related resources). It is a practical resource highlighting some drama⁽ⁱ⁾ activities to use in classroom practice, and ways these might be used. It finishes with a teacher activity to design an in-class drama activity.

Pedagogical content. This resource highlights some strategies to use drama^(ta) activities in the teaching of other subjects. Drama^(ta) can provide a useful cross curricula⁽ⁱ⁾ way to prompt active learning^(ta) and subsequent discussion^(ta) and group talk^(ta).

Resource details
Title	Using Drama Activities in your Teaching
Topic	[[Topics/CPD|CPD]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Group talk|Group talk]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Drama|Drama]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Active learning|Active learning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Discussion|Discussion]]
Learning Objectives	By the end of the document you should have considered some strategies for using drama activities in your own practice.
Format / structure	.doc
Subject	[[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]],  [[Resources/Cross-curricular|Cross-curricular]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	See other DfE(i) resources
Files and resources to view and download	File:Drama Activities.doc

• This resource is part of the DfES resource "Pedagogy and practice: Teaching and learning in secondary schools" (ref: 0423-2004G) which can be downloaded from the National Archives http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110809101133/nsonline.org.uk/node/97131 The whole resource (512 pages) can be downloaded as a pdf File:Pedagogy and Practice DfES.pdf
• The resource booklets, and many 'harvested' documents are available to download, generally in editable formats from the ORBIT resources http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Category:DfE
• The videos from the accompanying DVDs are available http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/DfES_DVD