Students of the faculty of theology evaluation of high school students' views on the use of drama method in the religious culture and moral knowledge course

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of high school students formed by using the drama method in the Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge course. The research was carried out with a qualitative action research. In the study purposive sampling was used. The research was carried out with 39 students studying at the 10th grade in Harput Anatolian High School in Elazig. The data in the study were obtained by semi-structured interview. The data were analyzed with the N-vivo 8 program and divided into themes. In the research, 4 main themes emerged as cognitive features, affective features, practice and suggestions. Under the main theme of cognitive characteristics, sub-themes of understanding, transfer, learning, permanence, recall and attention were formed. Under the main theme of affective characteristics, sub-themes of liking, having fun, enjoying, interest, happiness, self-confidence, curiosity, funny and excitement were formed. Under the main theme of the application, there were two sub-themes as positive and negative. Under the main theme of suggestions, there were two sub-themes: Let it be used again in our lesson and Let it be used in other lessons too. Based on the main themes and sub-themes of the research, the conclusion part was written. Afterwards, a discussion section was written by comparing the results with the studies in the literature and suggestions that were thought to guide other researchers were included as a result of the research. Keywords: Religious Education, Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Lesson, Qualitative Design, Drama