The contribution of drama pedagogy in developing adolescents’ self-confidence: a case study

ABSTRACT This paper examines the contribution of drama pedagogy to the enhancement of adolescents’ self-confidence. It presents the results of a research conducted to a sample of 42, 11th grade senior high-school students of the Music School of Piraeus, Greece. Specifically, the research program consisted of 16 weekly workshop sessions attended by the students of the experimental group. The aim was the enhancement of the general self-confidence and of seven domains of the students’ special self-confidence via drama pedagogy techniques. The data were collected via a mixed method approach combining quantitative data resulted from questionnaires and qualitative data extracted from observation diaries and semi-structured interviews. The results confirmed the working research hypothesis and the relevant bibliography, since all students of the experimental group improved their general self-confidence and also six out of seven domains of their special self-confidence.