Comparison of the effectiveness of Creative drama and dramatic play on social attitude and spiritual ability

Teaching religious concepts and developing social attitude in children, just like any other science needs to identify and apply correct, efficient and effective principles and methods. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of creative drama and dramatic or fantasy play on the social attitude and spiritual ability in the school subject "Hediyehaye Asemani" in 3rd grade elementary students. This research has been carried out by using mixed methodology and sequential explanatory design. The statistical population of this study is consisted of all 3rd grade elementary girl students in Tehran who were studying in the academic year of 1396-1397. The sampling method used in this study was convenience sampling. The sample size of the research included 60 3rd grade elementary students that were randomly divided into two groups: the control group (dramatic or fantasy play) and the experimental group (creative drama). The data collection tool in this research in the qualitative section was interview and in the quantitative part was the standard questionnaire of social attitude and ability that its validity was confirmed by the experts and its reliability was confirmed by the Cronbach's alpha test up to 91%. The inferential data analysis was done using MANCOVA method. Research findings show that creative drama has had more effect on the spiritual ability and social attitude than dramatic or fantasy play (P<0/05). According to the results of the research, using creative drama in the field of education increases spiritual ability and social attitude.