Browsing by Author "Nylund, Margita"

The purpose of this case-study is to show what drama can offer children´s learning at pre-school as a form of an educational activity. The theory in this study is mainly based on Heikkinen (2005) and Toivanen (2014) since they are the leading researchers in Finland at this moment in this field of educational drama. This study is a qualitative case-study based on a group interview with three pre-school teachers who had worked with a drama project at their pre-school. The most central result this study shows is that communication, cooperation, multilitteracity and empathy are the learning areas which drama touches in a playful and versatile way. Another result is the importance of the pre-school teachers approach towards and thoughts of drama for getting a successful drama session. Therefor a conclusion can be made in this study that drama is a cooperative and versatile instrument in pre-school with a strong developmental pedagogy incidence, when the children have an active part in the process . Drama is a rewarding subject for both teachers an children to work with and therefore it should be encouraged. In the new Curriculum reform 2016 drama also has a more significant part in the education, and there for it is important to discuss it