The effect of creative drama method in 4th grade primary school values education

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to determine the effect of creative drama method on the acquisition of "Responsibility", "Respect" and "Patience" values by fourth grade primary school students. The study was designed using the parallel mixed model, which is one of the mixed method designs. The study group of the research consists of primary school 4th grade students studying in a public school in the fall semester of 2018-2019 academic years. There were 42 students in the experimental group and 40 students in the control group. The research data were collected through the "Responsibility Scale", "Respect Tendency Scale", "Patient Behavior Scale", "Student and Teacher Diaries", "Teacher Interview Form" and "Personal Information Form". In addition, data were obtained with the "Word Association Test" to determine the conceptual change in values before and after the implementation. All in all, it has been established that the use of the creative drama method in values education is very effective in adopting values, embodying in-class learning, and encouraging the students to develop positive attitudes about the values discussed.