Dorothy Heathcote’s Approach in Creating Dramas: A Sociocultural Perspective

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This paper discusses how Dorothy Heathcote used drama as a learning medium, especially dropping to the universal, and analyzes her approach from a sociocultural perspective. Heathcote interacted with students in creating dramas with three essential features: dramas without scripts; teacher-in-role; and teacher as an archaeologist and ethnographer. Her educational use of drama can be applied to other spheres in education.