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The main objective of this research is to introduce the views of students about the effects of creative drama on “Environmental Pollution and Recycling”. A case study from qualitative research patterns was adopted in the study. The study was carried out with 34 preservice class teachers studying in the Department of Primary School Education in Division of Basic Education of Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education of Atatürk University in 2017-2018 academic year. The course is taught with a 90-minute workshop plan and the book named “Garbage and Recycle” of TUBITAK Popular Science Books. After the workshop has been implemented, the research data were collected through an open-ended interview form developed by the researcher and were evaluated by using content analysis from qualitative data analysis techniques. The results obtained from the data analysis show that teaching the lessons of environmental pollution and recycling to preservice teachers by using creative drama technique provides an easy learning and leading them to have consciousness and awareness concerning the subject; besides, the results indicates that the preservice teachers, when they become teachers, think to make use of creative drama technique for giving the lesson of environmental pollution and recycling

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