Journeys of Drama Activities in STEAM Education

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Abstract

The article details theoretical and empirical arguments by critically presenting within an integrative review focusing on the potential of drama activities through various disciplines in STEAM education. Qualitative research design has been applied: descriptive analysis relevant to STEAM education and drama activities, and interviews with teachers that apply STEAM education. Based on teachers’ deep interview responses, two evolving narratives presented. The narratives portray drama’s integrality and the use of drama activities in STEAM education where pupils are not passive learners, but learners who develop transferable learning capacities within a playful way, and where knowledge and creativity are interrelated. The multiply voices of the teachers also expose tensions and demonstrate some limitations of implementing drama activities in STEAM education.

Author

• Giedre Straksiene, Klaipeda University