In my family life program, I love to spice up my lessons by dramatizing parts of a lesson by "flipping in and out of character." This style keeps the students alert and interest because they tend to experience quite a bit of cognizance dissonance as they are tracking me and the character or scenario that I am re-enacting. I also, invited the students to create role-plays of different scenarios, in order to really bring the lesson alive and make connections between themselves and the content of the lesson. From my experience, I have found that the students really enjoy this component of the lessons, and when I assess their learning the following year, I am amazed at what they can recall. I attribute this partially to the interactive dramatic nature of the lessons.
I have also tried these techniques in my practicum classes and they went over quite well. Drama is a great tool to pull out of the "proverbial toolkit of teaching strategies" to draw their attention back to the lesson.
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