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The university’s orientation process is one of the most challenging processes that students who have just started university have faced in their university lives. It is important that this process is healthy in terms of completing the academic, social and personal development of the students in a favorable way and increasing their belonging to the institution they are affiliated with. The creative drama method is a way for people to get to know themselves and the environment, develop relationships, gain different perspectives, increase social adaptation, and more. The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of creative drama method in the process of adapting to university life. The participants of the study are 21 first-class students who have studied in Turkish and classroom teaching. This study uses a mixed research method and an explanatory sequential design. The quantitative data of the research is collected through the University Adjustment Scale, qualitative data documentation and discussion. The quantitative data of the research has been statistically analyzed and the qualitative data has been analyzed by content analysis. When the quantitative and qualitative results of the study are examined, it can be said that the students participating in the study successfully adapted at the university.
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The university’s orientation process is one of the most challenging processes that students who have just started university have faced in their university lives. It is important that this process is healthy in terms of completing the academic, social and personal development of the students in a favorable way and increasing their belonging to the institution they are affiliated with. The creative drama method is a way for people to get to know themselves and the environment, develop relationships, gain different perspectives, increase social adaptation, and more. The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of creative drama method in the process of adapting to university life. The participants of the study are 21 first-class students who have studied in Turkish and classroom teaching. This study uses a mixed research method and an explanatory sequential design. The quantitative data of the research is collected through the University Adjustment Scale, qualitative data documentation and discussion. The quantitative data of the research has been statistically analyzed and the qualitative data has been analyzed by content analysis. When the quantitative and qualitative results of the study are examined, it can be said that the students participating in the study successfully adapted at the university.
