Pedagogical Applications of Dramatic Techniques: Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Contemporary Classroom Environments

Abstract

The teacher's primary concern and objective is to make the classroom lively and engage the students in the teaching learning process. In order to actively involve students in the teaching and learning process, this paper will employ the technique known as "Dramatization of a story" Johan Huizinga, a Dutch historian and cultural theorist, will be used to discuss the significance of play in culture and society. According to Huizinga, play is the primary component and predecessor of culture. In addition to defining the qualities of play, Huizinga compares the ways in which various languages define it and goes into great detail about the significance of competition in ancient Greek culture. Tapping the basic instincts of play in humans, this paper will analyze through the  Game theory of Johan Huizinga. Using Role play which is  a type of pretend activity where students can depict a real life context. The text “The Boy who broke the Bank” , the story was broken into small components in the classroom and role play was  used to make the students understand  and enact segments. The benefitsof  role play are , It can be armed as a key component of  learning, there is fun, it  a ‘playful’ activity, role play is essentially learning through engaging in recreation, everyone can participate, it is ideal for huge class rooms, even students who are not techno savvy can participate, the students are amused,  Role play develops their knowledge of a topic.