Attitudes of 1st to 4th grade English teachers working at a private school towards the use of creative drama

For teachers, creative drama is one of the most powerful tools to have in the classroom for conveying the knowledge and the communication that the learners need in every step of learning stage. Hence, the main purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of the 1st to 4th grade English teachers towards the use of creative drama in one of the private schools in Ankara which has its own approved curriculum without any drama course. Sixty-five teachers voluntarily participated in the research. In this study, The Attitude Scale towards Creative Drama Lessons was adapted and used to measure attitudes towards the use of drama. The data of the research were collected from the participants via e-mail due to the Covid-19 pandemic era, the busy work schedule of the teachers and the restriction of other private schools to participate. The data analysis was completed by transferring the study data to IBM SPSS Statistics 26 and IBM SPSS Statistics Amos 23 programs. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics. As a result of the study, there was a statistically significant positive relationship between teachers' attitudes and class size. However, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant negative relationship between the professional experience and attitudes of the teachers. While teachers with more professional experience are more inclined to use familiar and traditional methods, young teachers are open to creative drama and the use of new methods and techniques. And there was no statistically significant positive relationship between the students' age and the impacts of using drama in the classroom, and it shows that drama activities are appropriate for different age groups.