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This article will focus on the possibilities of the ‘Pritney method’ used for stimulating curiosity, emotions and collaboration in Early Childhood Education and Care studies (ECEC); especially through the combination of puppetry and opera, a combination which is considered to be valuable in creating aesthetic and pedagogical moments.

The action research study presented in this article refers to the connection of drama-in-education and children’s self-efficacy in primary school in Greece

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There has been little research examining the balance between process and product in children’s arts education. In this study, Mantle of the Expert, the ‘drama in education’ approach of Dr. Dorothy Heathcote, MBE (1926-2011), has been explored as a method to create a non-scripted theatre performance with seven children between the ages of eight and ten years old.

The mental health crisis is thought to affect 10-20% of children and young people in the world (World Health Organization, 2019). It is clear that this is something that needs addressing in many ways, but importantly in schools.

This article is written about thirty years after a drama lesson which left an indelible mark on the writer. The lesson involved elements of Teacher-in-Role, Man in a Mess and Mantle of the Expert (Heathcote and Bolton 1996).