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ERIC Number: EJ386898
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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"This Is Drama": The Play beyond the Play.
Verriour, Patrick
Language Arts, v66 n3 p276-86 Mar 1989
Examines connections between children's social pretend play and their improvised classroom drama. Describes similarities and differences between language used to frame social pretend play and language used by teachers and students to frame the imaginary worlds of drama. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Dramatic Play, Dramatics, Grade 1, Interpersonal Communication, Pretend Play, Primary Education, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Drama in Education; Drama Research; Improvisation
Note: Themed Issue: Encountering and Creating Literary Discourse.