The construction and pilot application of a scoring rubric for creative drama lesson planning

Abstract

Instructional planning is an important part of successful teaching. Therefore, quality lesson planning is accepted as an important indicator of teacher knowledge and ability. This is no different for creative drama. Although drama is strongly rooted in the participating group's creativity and spontaneity, its success depends on a careful and thorough planning. The purpose of this study is to develop and pilot a scoring rubric for evaluating creative drama lesson plans. The rubric was tested on 75 lesson plans developed by English Language Teaching pre-service teachers. The researcher concludes that using the rubric resulted in valid and efficient evaluation of the lesson plans.