COURSE OBJECTIVES: The aim of the course is to introduce students to the concept of creative thinking, its parameters and characteristics. According to the modern view, creativity, that is the ability to produce original ideas by imagination, is the result of education and learning. Since the 1950s creative thinking has emerged as the a challenge for educational community in a world that needs solutions for a variety of problems. In this context, Drama in Education (DiE) makes the participants active members with dreams, goals and solutions for life circumstances by activating the world of fantasy. The course focuses on this very connection between DiE and the cultivation of creative thinking.

Students are expected

a) To study and understand the meaning, nature and evaluation of creativity,

b) To design DiE programs aimed at cultivating creativity,

c) Implement pilot programs,

d) Evaluate and review them.

Upon completion of the courses students are expected to:

• Identify the concept of divergent and creative thinking and recognize the context of its approach to the DiE environment.

• To design relevant programs in accordance with the principles of the DiE using appropriate techniques.

• To compose programs and review them.

• Define, judge and evaluate actions and programs.