The Effect of Drama Work on the Development of Preschool Children

Dramski rad i metode dramskog odgoja već su od 60-ih godina prošlog stoljeća prepoznati kao kvalitetom značajni pristupi u ostvarivanju razvojnih zadaća djece i u razvoju kreativnog mišljenja te kao metode iskustvenog učenja odgojno-obrazovnog sadržaja. Učinci dramskog rada istraživani su kroz razne znanstvene i stručne radove. Neka od tih istraživanja pokazala su rezultate koji ukazuju na potencijalno pozitivan utjecaj na neke aspekte dječjeg razvoja te su ta istraživanja opisana u ovom radu. Dramski odgoj je opisan u nekoliko teorijskih radova te proučavan iz perspektive kreativnosti i kreativne pedagogije. Ovaj rad se bavi temom utjecaja dramskog rada na razvoj predškolskog djeteta kroz pregled istraživanja i teorijskih radova koji su se bavili tom temom i kroz analizu i usporedbu jednog dramsko-scenskog i jednog redovitog programa iz Godišnjeg plana i programa za pedagošku godinu 2019./2020. iz dječjeg vrtića Velika Gorica. Programi su analizirani kroz sljedeća poglavlja: Materijalni uvjeti, Ciljevi i bitne zadaće, Aktivnosti, Stručno usavršavanje i suradnja s roditeljima i Suradnja s vanjskim ustanovama i lokalnom zajednicom. Na temelju analize i usporedbe, utvrđene su značajne razlike u sadržaju općih razvojnih područja i odabira aktivnosti za razvojih tih područja. U dramsko-scenskom programu naglasak na dramske metode rada integriran je u svim područjima odgojno-obrazovnog rada. S druge strane, analizirani redoviti program je globalan program namijenjen svim skupinama iz te ustanove koje provode redoviti program te voditelji tih skupina kreiraju interni program vođen smjernicama iz globalnog programa, ali prilagođen razvojnim potrebama i dobi djece.The methods of Drama and Drama Education have been recognized as having significant quality in approach to achieving development and developing creative thinking and experiential learning in children. The effects of Drama Education have been researched through various scientific and academic work whose results showed significant effect on the development of social and communication skills, selfconfidence and self-image. Drama Education was described in several theoretical works and was studied from the perspective of creativity and creative pedagogy. This work deals with the topic of the effect of Drama education on the development of preschool children through the review of existing research and theoretical work that dealt with this subject. Also, this work deals with this topis through the analysis and comparison of one drama enhanced and one regular programme from the Yearly plan and programme for the year 2019./2020. of the Velika Gorica kindergarten. The programmes were analysed through the following chapters: Material Conditions, Goals and important tasks, Activities, Proffesional development and cooperation with parents and Cooperation with external institutions. Based on the analysis and comparison significant differences were identified in the content of general developmental areas and the selection of activities for those areas. In the drama enhanced programme the emphasis on the methods of drama is integrated into every aspect of educational work. On the other hand, the analysed regular programme is a global programme intended for all regular kindergarten groups in that preschool. The preschool teachers of these groups are expected to create an individualised programme according to the guidelines of the global programme, but customised for the developmental needs and the ages of children