The Effect of Creative Drama on Social Development of Preschoolers

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Seyyed Nabiollah Ghasemtabar ¹ , Khalil Alahvirdiyani ² , Mohsen Hajitabar ³ , Hiva Mohammadjani ⁴ , Farzad Khosravi ⁵

1 - MA in Preschool Education
2 - MA in Psychometrics
3 - PhD candidate Allameh Tabatabaie University
4 - MA in Educational Psychology
5 - MA in Preschool Education

Received: 2015-06-02 Accepted : 2015-06-02 Published : 2012-06-21

Keywords: creative drama, Social Development, preschoolers,

Abstract :

The effectiveness of creative drama on social development of preschoolers was studied. Using multi-stage cluster sampling method, 30 children (16 girls and 14 boys) aged 5 to 6 years old were selected from Tehran preschools and randomly divided into an experimental (n=15) and a control group (n=15). During a period of five weeks the experimental group participated in two one-hour weekly sessions of creative drama activities. Using Winelend Social Growth Scale (Wineland, 1984), the social development scores of two groups were assessed as pretest, posttest and follow-up (after two months). Covariance analysis of data showed that creative drama significantly increased social development of preschoolers. Furthermore, t test results revealed the effect of intervention did not last until the follow-up stage. The findings discuss how creative drama activities affect the social development of preschoolers.