Impact of Creative Drama and Puppetry on Prosocial Behaviour in Preschool
Keywords:
preschool children, creative drama, puppet play, social competence, prosocial behaviour, empathyAbstract
This study explored the influence of creative puppetry activities on the social behaviour of preschool children, as perceived by their teachers. Through participation in the in-service study programme of preschool education, 22 preschool teachers were encouraged to introduce puppet play in their preschool or elementary school classes, following the principles of creative drama. The teachers completed a social behaviour scale for each child in their class before the introduction of the activities, and again after three months of intense, everyday creative play with puppets. We present a part of the study results referring
to prosocial behaviour. Based on the t-test for paired comparisons, the results show that after three months of carrying out puppetry activities, prosocial behaviour increased, according to the teachers’ assessments, with the most pronounced increase seen in the 10 % of children who, before the introduction of puppetry activities, obtained the lowest scores on prosocial behaviour.
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