Creative drama
in the post-pandemic classroom
Creative drama in the post-pandemic classroom is an Erasmus+ project carried out by four schools from Poland, Turkey, Holland and Latvia whose goal is to raise awareness of young people about their mental well-being and to minimize the effects of the pandemic on the students.
Project objectives
Our aim was to raise national and international awareness about mental well-being, low proficiency in basic skills, learning disadvantage and lack of key competences among young people in the post-pandemic classroom. These problems increased during the pandemic and remote learning and the students need to be equipped with skills and competences how to minimize its effects and with tools how to deal with stressful situations and how to tackle with learning disadvantage.
Implementation
We implemented different kind of activities: international project meetings; online trainings for teachers; creative drama workshops for students; coaching sessions; training of learning strategies and mindfulness in the classroom for teachers. As a part of dissemination of project results we organized a free and commonly available teachers conference with the purpose of how to implement creative drama techniques in the post-pandemic classroom.
Results
Our main project results is a teacher's guide consisting of items that show creative drama forms and techniques, mindfulness activities, feedback and evaluation tasks of how to deal with anxiety, to relax, to socialize, to communicate, to practice key competences. The project tool kit is a set of cards we developed during the project, aimed at both teachers and students.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MEETINGS
Vereniging voor Christelijk Voortgezet onderwijs Rotterdam en omgeving, Christelijke Scholengemeensch ap Comenius College, Holland, April 19-21, 2023
Trabzon Fen Lisesi, Turkey, October 23-27, 2023
Daugavpils Valsts gimnazija, Daugavpils, Latvia, April 15-19, 2024
Liceum Akademickie Da Vinci (Zespół Szkół Da Vinci), Poland, Poznan, September 23-27, 2024
PROJECT EVENTS
WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS, POZNAN (POLAND)
On November 18, 2024, Da Vinci Academic High School in Poznań hosted an event to disseminate the results of the Erasmus+ project. The program featured three interactive workshops designed to inspire creativity, mindfulness, and engagement with the Erasmus+ program. The final session, Say YES to Erasmus+, was a reflective and interactive discussion about the transformative power of Erasmus+ projects, focusing on skills like teamwork, project management, and effective communication. This event showcased the impact of Erasmus+ initiatives and encouraged participants to explore new perspectives and opportunities in education and personal development.
WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS, DAUGAVPILS (LATVIA)
The workshop "Creative drama and art as therapy for students' and teachers' well-being and self-expression" took place on November 4, 2024. The event focused on utilizing creative drama and artistic techniques to enhance emotional well-being and self-expression among students and teachers. This workshop served as both a dissemination event for project outcomes and a platform for sharing practical tools and methods to support mental health and creativity in the classroom.
INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS' CONFERENCE, ONLINE EVENT,
THE NETHERLANDS
On October 17th, the school from the Netherlands organized an international conference where we shared best practices in creative drama and presented the results of the project.
DRAMA FESTIVAL, POZNAN (POLAND)
From March 21-23, 2024, a theater festival was held at the school coordinating the project as part of the project's dissemination events. During the two-day theater workshops, students from Poznań schools participated in activities aimed at developing imagination, creativity, improvisation, and theatrical play.
CREATIVE DRAMA SUMMER CAMP, TRABZON (TURKEY)
4-days workshops based on creative drama technique for the targeted audience at regional level. The topics of the event were:
“Hear me” to improve communication skills.
“Not alone” to see there are others having similar mental problems.
“See me” to accept the feelings to manage the problems.
“Together forever” to improve team skills to compete soft skills.
EFFECTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES. 8-WEEK COURSE, POZNAN (POLAND)
One of the goals of the project was to support students in the learning process. To this end, we developed and conducted an 8-week course for students, during which they could learn even more methods and various strategies for effective learning.
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