Creative drama: Can it be used to nursing education

Authors

  • Seda Bapoğlu Dümenci Department Manager in MTA
  • Ayla Keçeci Duzce Universty

Keywords:

Creativity, drama, education, nursing, nursing education

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to assess the impact of drama education, which is supposed to improve creativity skills, on nursing students. In this study, which was designed as an experimental one, third year students studying at Nursing Department of Duzce University School of Health were given drama education for one hour a week for eight weeks in total. In order to measure the creativity levels of the students in drama education in the study, Torrance Test of Creative Thinking Figural and Verbal Forms were applied as pre- and post-tests. According to the findings of the study, there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test in only originality subscale in the verbal form and in fluency, originality and elaboration subscales in the figural form and creativity levels in these areas increased following the drama education. Including a drama course and active learning methods is considered to be significant for coming up with solutions for the existing problems in nursing education.

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Author Biographies

Seda Bapoğlu Dümenci, Department Manager in MTA

Department Manager in MTA, PhD Student, Ankara, Turkey

Ayla Keçeci, Duzce Universty

Assoc. Prof. Dr., Duzce University School of Health, Nursing Department, Düzce, Turkey

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Volume 11, Issue 2

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Published

2014-12-17

How to Cite

Bapoğlu Dümenci, S., & Keçeci, A. (2014). Creative drama: Can it be used to nursing education. Journal of Human Sciences, 11(2), 1320–1326. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2763

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Nursing and Midwifery

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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