Drama is emerging as a powerful
model of leaming through which students are encauraged
to gain mastery over their own thinking.
Furthermore, there are some purposes for using drama
as a method which is as follows:
- Drama affords students an opportunity to work
together co-operatively on a shared project.It alsa
increases the child's awareness of the divergence of
views both within the classroom and within the wider
social context.
- Drama extends both the range and quality of
the child's language usage. It provides an opportunity
for trying out different model s of discourse and can
create an impetus for a wide variety of oral and written
forms.
- Drama can also offer children the opportunity of
critically apprasing their own and other's work.