Abstract
<p><em>This experimental study evaluates effectiveness of drama on social emotional learning. Social-Emotional Skills Perception Scale was applied to 255 elementary fourth grades. The students who got average and below average social emotional score were selected for experimental and control group. Those groups are equal in participant (42 each) and have approximately similar means in the study. Ten weeks interventions that are drama sessions about social emotional learning were presented to experimental group students. It is apparently seen that there is significant difference between experimental and control groups in terms of social emotional learning on behalf of experimental group. Social emotional learning is very important issue for a child not only in school life but also family and social life. Drama seems to be very effective tool teaching social emotional learning to the kids. Schools can add their curriculum drama based social emotional learning hours. Future studies recommend upon different socio-economic backgrounds and age groups.</em><em></em></p>
Highlights
Drama is highly related with human interaction
This involves testing whether the sample means for examination group and control group in this sample are statistically different
There is no significant difference in terms of social emotional learning scores between experimental and control groups
Summary
Drama is highly related with human interaction. Definition of drama accepted by the Children’s Theatre Association of America in 1977 is “... An improvisational non-exhibitional, process centered form of drama in which participants are guided by a leader to imagine, enact, and reflect upon human experiences” Drama traditionally has been thought of in relation to children and young people, the process is appropriate to all ages. It has been stated that dramatic play helps the child development from a purely egocentric being into a person capable of sharing and of give and take. In dramatic play children create a world of their own in www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/grhe
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