Creativity and Pedagogy in Dramatic Play: Importance and Role

Running Head: CREATIVITY AND PEDAGOGY
Creativity and Pedagogy
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1CREATIVITY AND PEDAGOGY
Topic- Creativity and Pedagogy in the field of Dramatic play
Identify the most prominent aspects of creativity in relation to dramatic play
Dramatic play is a type of play designed to help students accept and assign roles and play
them. It is a kind of activity where students are engaged in pretending to be something else. The
real world roles are sometimes adopted by the student and sometimes fantasized roles are also
taken. This kinds of plays breaks the barriers of reality and enables the students to sink into their
creative world thereby attaining natural learning. It is always better than a classroom lecture and
brings out the best part from within the child. The choice of roles differs from one child to
another. Some children prefer to pretend to feed a doll and rock the cradle. Some children like to
pretend a superman and save people and there are also some who want to settle a leaky faucet in
a mock –kitchen. It is a process of learning while playing as supported by Lillard et al., (2013).
According to Bruce, (2011) dramatic play is an essential part of a well-structured pre-
school program and highly beneficial in early child development. This unique way of study
helps to develop the expressiveness of language and its pronunciation. It is the best platform to
reduce the stage –fear of a child and welcomes the child to participate in an open group.
Dramatic play enhances the mathematical skills of the student and supports literacy. For
example, if a child is playing the role of a teacher teaching in a class, he / she is eventually gets
the chance to deal with equations and formulas (although simple ones). The students get the
chance to analyze a character while playing it. The children get opportunity to act out their real
life situations too and it is the best place for that. The children get empowered by acting out their
traumatic experiences. It relaxes their mental condition and paves way for creativity
development.