Attaining an Ideal Symbiotic Relationship Between Creative Drama And Children's Learning A Dramatist Approach

There is an increasing awareness of the need to adopt learning strategics especially for young learners at the onsetof their education. Consequently, learning at the elementary stage is targeted at an all-round human development to help learners acquire skills, knowledge, values and attitudes. This aids positive contributions to the social, economic, moral and political development of the society. The major concern is with the experiences oflearners and on how creative drama may function as a means to explore a variety of intense personal, social and educational issues. Drama based-teaching and learning have a long history, so teachers must necessarily be familiar with the use of drama for the achievements of educational objectives and goals. This chapter, therefore, attempts a focus on creative drama to facilitate some new learning and help learners to understand the world around them. On the other hand, it will highlight the benefits of creative drama in complementing children's learning in the classroom using drama as an instrument, process or a means to an end and as an artistic tool for inspiring creativity through expression and exploration ofideas. By extension, it examines the undeniable role of dramatists and how their efforts would also be geared towards developing skills, attitudes and knowledge needed for young learners not only to meet challenges they will face both daily and in the future but also to enable them to become lifelong learners.