Drama games and creative storytelling: Increasing students’ motivation (1 week in Thessaloniki)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Dates

2027: Upon request

2028: To be announced (Ask for dates)

Intro

Are you ready to captivate your classroom with the power of drama games and creative storytelling?

“Drama games and creative storytelling” immerses educators in the dynamic world of acting, improvisation, and creative writing.

This course includes a variety of creative activities, such as storytelling games, drama games, improvisation, and character creation, designed to encourage imagination, creativity, and self-expression. Explore simple and engaging ways to develop stories, express ideas, and bring creativity into your educational practice.

Who is this for?

This course is tailored for education, cultural and youth professionals of all disciplines – including teachers, youth leaders, camp directors, language instructors, and storytellers – who want to increase student motivation through drama.

No prior acting or theatrical expertise is required. Just curiosity and a willingness to embrace playful learning techniques. Participants will benefit from an international learning experience while traveling with Erasmus+.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Develop creative storytelling skills: Explore ways to generate ideas and turn them into engaging stories.
• Explore drama games: Experience a variety of activities that encourage imagination, spontaneity, and creative expression.
• Develop characters: Experiment with different approaches to creating interesting and believable fictional characters.
• Explore improvisation: Use simple improvisation activities to develop spontaneity, imagination, and confidence in expressing ideas.
• Strengthen creative expression: Use storytelling, movement, games, and role-play to explore different ways of expressing ideas and emotions.
• Encourage creativity and participation: Discover playful approaches that can make creative activities more engaging and enjoyable.

Modules

• Module 1: Creative ideation. Take part in ice-breakers and creative games designed to stimulate imagination and generate story ideas.
• Module 2: Storytelling through games. Explore drama and storytelling games that encourage spontaneity, imagination, and creative thinking.
• Module 3: Imagination and expression. Experiment with activities that develop imagination and explore different ways of expressing ideas.
• Module 4: Character creation. Create fictional characters and explore their personalities, backgrounds, motivations, and relationships.
• Module 5: Developing stories. Build stories around characters and ideas, exploring different ways to make them engaging and meaningful.
• Module 6: Improvisation and storytelling. Bring characters to life through improvisation and collaborative creative activities.

Course Outcomes

• Develop storytelling skills: Explore how ideas, characters, and situations can be combined to create engaging stories.
• Strengthen creative thinking: Use games and creative activities to generate ideas and approach storytelling from different perspectives.
• Explore character creation: Develop fictional characters with distinctive personalities, backgrounds, and motivations.
• Experience improvisation: Participate in improvisation activities that encourage spontaneity, imagination, and self-expression.
• Use creative games: Experience a variety of games and activities that can stimulate imagination and creative participation.
• Express ideas creatively: Experiment with storytelling, movement, role-play, and other forms of creative expression.
• Collaborate creatively: Work with others to develop stories, characters, and creative activities.

Equipment

Comfortable clothing is highly recommended for improvisation.

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Destination:

Thessaloniki – the heart of northern Greece. Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece, considered the co-capital of the country. It’s the place the heart of Northern Greece beats since antiquity. It served as an economical and commercial centre for many years and has rapidly developed, mostly because of its geographical location.

A stroll around the city instantly reveals its rich history. The Old Town, the Castle of Heptapyrgio, the Rotunda, the emblematic White Tower built during the Ottoman rule are just a few of the city’s famous monuments that will please every culture and history enthusiast.

Nowadays it is considered a business hub for the Balkans as it hosts several conferences and major exhibitions including the Thessaloniki International Fair. In 2021 it was acknowledged as the first Greek city to join the UNESCO Network of Gastronomy.

Thessaloniki is the city people love to visit for its culture, cuisine, and hospitality.