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Opportunities for puppetry use in creative activities and creative play production based on literary templates in primary school teaching

Croatian curriculum for primary education includes activities with puppets as a teaching medium predominantly in the first two years of primary school education. In later grades, puppetry is neglected and priority is given to other activities of media culture. Researches shows that puppet is a medium that can be used in different ways: as a therapeutic tool, as educational and didactic tool and as a stimulus for creative work of pupils and teachers as well. Using puppets in teaching is desirable for several reasons. It has a positive effect on the development of pupils and can help them to resolve some issues such as fear of school or exams. Close interaction between puppet and pupil can help teacher in overcoming communication barriers. Activities with puppets in the classroom can aggregate various educational topics and activities, with special emphasis on creating puppet plays based on templates of literary works that are used in primary school teaching. This research was performed on teachers in several places in Istria and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The goal was to determine the self-assessment of their competence in the use of puppet media, their interest in puppet theatre and satisfaction with initial education regarding the use of puppets in classroom. Opinions about the impact of puppetry on competence development in pupils and attitudes about the possibilities of using puppets primarily in Croatian language and literature, but also in other classroom subjects were also investigated. Teachers also assessed complexity and frequency of use of puppets as a special media in the classroom. It was found that teachers recognize the benefits of using puppets in the classroom, but due to lack of time and challenging preparations seldom use it in their work. According to their opinions the use of puppetry helps with developing important competencies in pupils, especially reading and writing skills and language expression. The need to strengthen the competencies of teachers of primary education for the creative development of literary templates for performances and other uses of the puppet media in everyday teaching is also emphasised.

puppet plays; primary education; literary templates; teachers; research

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