Opinions of Future Primary Education Teachers on the Application of Drama in Education (DiE)

The paper presents the results of the research which examined the relationship between the sense of competence of future primary education teachers for DiE and their opinions on the importance of applying DiE in teaching. The research was carried out on a sample of N=225 students. The participants were students of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb (N=95) with the Cakovec branch (N=69) and Petrinja branch (N=26) as well as students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split - Department of Teacher Education (N=35). Research results show that students have an affinity for DiE although only 15% of the participants consider themselves competent for applying DiE.