Traditional drama education in early childhood has been concentrated on the interdisciplinary level, barely integrating children's mind, body, and spirit. Language, science, society, health and art are integrated through drama to establish connections among the various disciplines. However, it is very important for children to walk between the worlds of reality and fiction through drama, interact with body and mind, and construct a complete experience. To achieve maximum integration of body and mind that is based on “education as growth” as in Dewey's Experience and Education (1938), Growing Drama, a new integrated paradigm, maintains that the drama education of young children drama follow their drama experience construction.
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