Future citizenship, democracy and human rights education with creative drama and other interactive teaching methods

Abstract

In this study, by using Citizenship and Democracy Education Curricula (CDEC) with creative drama and other interactive teaching methods, it was aimed to determine the academic achievement of students, their commitment to democratic values, the reasons of successful student's being successful, and suggest a program for the future education. The study, utulized experimental embedded design, which is one of the mixed method designs, It was conducted with 80 students (Experiment: 30; Control 1: 28, Control 2: 22) in secondary school, which is under the aegis of Çankaya District National Education Directorate. Data was gathered with "Primary School Citizenship and Democracy Education Course Achievement Test", "The Scale of Commitment to Democratic Values", and "Semi-Structured Interview Form"; data was analyzed by using "Content Analysis" with "Two Factor Anova for Mixed Measures", "Wilcoxon Signed Ranks" and "Mann Withney U" tests. As a result of the study, it is determined that CDEC, which is richened with creative drama and other interactive teaching methods, increases the achievement of students meaningfully, and creates a commitment to democratic values among students. The program is suggested to be used in future citizenship, democracy, and human rights education.