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With the constructivist approach in the education system, student-centered methods have started to be used more. One of the student-centered methods is the use of drama. Drama is a type of narrative in which an idea, experience or an event is played by the actors. The main purpose of this research was to determine the opinions of primary school teachers working in Kilis on the use of drama in education. The researchers conducted interviews with a total of 26 primary school teachers. The MAXQDA analysis program was used in the data analysis of the research. The findings highlighted that the teachers generally considered themselves to be more than moderate in the use of drama, they mostly used drama in subjects such as Turkish, social studies and mathematics, they used supplementary materials and made physical arrangements in order to use the drama in the school because there was no suitable place in their school, they did not exactly know the stages of the drama, they mostly used role-playing, improvisation, story enactment techniques. The findings further indicated that while implementing the drama, the students faced problems due to insufficient physical conditions, lack of materials, lack of time, lack of cooperation, problems stemming from classroom management, and not receiving training in drama method, and the use of drama supported students’ personal, social, academic, physical and creativity developments.

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