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This paper will examine how Drama in Education, as taught in the Greek educational system, is related to the development of resilience in children and adolescents. Resilience refers to people's ability to recover and adapt positively, after difficult and traumatic events and can be enhanced by various protective factors. The paper will analyze how the objectives, various techniques and processes of Drama in Education, along with the collaborative nature of the subject and the chance to investigate social and moral issues, can enhance students resilience.
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Paraskevi Kopsia is a graduate of the departments of Theater Studies (2000) and Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology (psychology major, 2017) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds master's degree in Cultural Management (Pandeion University, thesis on "Drama in Education and Emotional Intelligence"j. She is currently a PhD student at the Department of Theater Studies, in National and Kapodistrian University. She has been working since 2000 as a drama teacher in primary, secondary and vocational education, while since 2022 she has been working at the Art School of Peristeri, Athens.
