Investigating elementary Arts teachers opinions regarding the use of creative drama in art course.

Abstract:
The aim was to investigate the opinions of the teachers teaching art education courses about the use of creative drama in art course. A qualitative research designs the case study design was used. This research using the case study was conducted with a total of 15 teachers including 5 elementary teachers, 5 visual arts teachers, 5 music teachers, who work in seven different schools, three of whom work in primary and four in middle schools. The data was collected by a semi structured interview form designed by the researcher. The data were analyzed by using the content and descriptive analyses. As a result of the research, regarding the use of creative drama in teachers' art education courses; it was found that they used creative drama mostly in music courses, besides they used creative drama method in art course. They indicated that from a teacher’s perspective it engages students in the course more easily, from a student’s perspective it provides more active engagement, students can more easily express themselves regarding the space, and it makes the subject more understandable and thus permanent learning regarding the subject.