High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2025

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Course Code

THE

Course Number

3753

Faculty/Instructor

Elizabeth Horn

Faculty/Instructor Email

elizabeth.horn@ucf.edu

About the Author

Elizabeth Pelland is a sophomore at UCF, and a Theatre Studies BA. She hopes to become a high school theatre director, and is currently in the process of starting a TYA club with her peers. She would like to thank her instructor for her guidance on this path, and can't wait to see where this takes her.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

Play is something that many children experience. However, we as a society do not give it nearly enough credit for just how much it can achieve. Through play, children can learn so much more and retain that information, while giving them the skills to transfer their knowledge to situations outside of the classroom. Play encourages creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction. By teaching kids through play, they are able to comphrend more at younger ages, and I have found that it can also help them express their emotions in ways that I was not able to at such young ages. As a society, we forget that kids go through human experiences too, and by connecting with them through play, we can hope to foster connections with them in a different way than is normally seen.

Keywords

play; teaching; youth; creative drama; games; childhood

Teaching through Play: Creative Drama


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