Teaching with dramatized experience

2. Teaching
with Dramatized
Experiences
“ All dramatization is essentially a process
of communication , in which both
participant and spectators are engaged .A
creative interaction takes place , a sharing
of ideas .
-Edgar Dale

3. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
Dramatized experience - A
process of communication in
which both participant and
spectators are engaged
●Dramatic- is something that
is stirring or affecting or
moving.
●Dramatic Entrance- is
something that catches and
holds our attention, and has
emotional impacts.

4. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
Dramatized Experiences can range from:
Formal Plays
Pageants
Tableau
Pantomime
Puppets
Role-playing

5. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Plays -depict life,
character, culture, or a
combination of the
three.
●They offer excellent
opportunities to
portray vividly
important ideas about
life.

6. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Pageants are usually
community dramas that
are based on local
history.
●An example is a
historical pageant that
traces the growth of a
school.

7. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
Pantomime is an “art of
conveying a story through
bodily movements.”
The effects of pantomime
to the audience depends on
the movements of the
actors.
used to celebrate
Independence Day , Christmas ,
United Nations Day.

8. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
Tableau- is a picture-like scene composed of people
against a background.
 used to celebrate Independence Day , Christmas , United
Nations Day.

9. Dale (1996) claims the
puppets , unlike the
regular stage play , can
present w/ extreme
simplicity , w/o elaborate
scenery or customs yet
effectively.
EDGAR DALE
(1996)

10. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Puppets - A puppet is
an inanimate object or
representational figure
animated or
manipulated by an
entertainer, who is
called a puppeteer.
●Puppets can present
ideas with extreme
simplicity.

11. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Types of Puppets
Shadow puppets
– flat, black silhouette
made from lightweight
cardboard shown
behind a screen.

12. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Types of Puppets
Rod puppets
– flat, cut-out figures
tacked to a stick with one
or more movable parts,
and operated from below
the stage level by wire
rods or slender sticks

13. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Types of Puppets
Hand puppets
– the puppet’s head is
operated by the forefinger
of the puppeteer, the little
finger and thumb being
used to animate the puppet
hands

14. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Types of Puppets
Glove-and-finger puppets
– make use of old gloves to
which small costumed figure are
attached.

15. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Types of Puppets
Marionettes
– flexible, jointed puppets
operated by strings or wires
attached to a cross bar and
maneuvered from directly
above the stage.

16. DALE (1996) quoting from the puppeteers of
America offers many suggestions among w/c are
the ff:
Do not use puppets for plays that can be done
just as well or better by other dramatic means.
Puppet plays must be based on action rather
than on words.
Keep the plays short
Do not omit the possibilities of music and
dancing as part the puppet show.
Adapt the puppet show to the age , background
, and taste of the students.

17. Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
●Role-Playing is an unrehearsed, unprepared and
spontaneous dramatization of a situation where
assigned participants are absorbed by their own
roles.

18. HOW IS ROLE PLAYING DONE?
It can be done by describing a situation w/c
would create different viewpoints on an issue
and then asking the students to play the roles of
the individuals involved.
Any situations in w/c real feelings are
concealed. Consider situations in a school at
home or play ground , at work in government.

19. Reference
Corpuz, B. & Lucido P. 2008. Educational Technology 1. Metro
Manila: Lorimar Publishing Inc.
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