Drama and Role Playing in Teaching Practice: The Role of Group Works

The research study aims to explore the essence of group work in drama and role playing for teaching practiceinline with the nature of collaborative learning process. This research study has qualitative nature by capturingexperiences of volunteer ninety pre-service teachers about group works, gained skills from drama and roleplaying in their teaching practice within the scope of “Principles of Teaching and Methods” course in highereducation. Therefore, self-report was employed in this research. Thematic analysis was used to analyzequalitative data based on key themes. The research findings revealed that pre-service teachers constructed bothpractical and pedagogical knowledge regarding group work and shed a light to their teaching practice.