Harnessing AI for Drama

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a a game-changer in supporting in my exploration and delivery of culturally responsive drama curricula. I find I am able to offer personalised learning that honors diverse student identities with more ease. In my Middle Years Programme (MYP) Drama , AI helps craft materials, resources, and activities attuned to multifaceted cultural narratives demonstrated in my classroom, thus fostering deeper engagement and affirming learners' creative identities.

How AI Adapts Drama Activities to Cultural Backgrounds

AI dynamically tailors drama activities to students' cultural contexts, boosting relevance and inclusivity. Here's how:

• Lesson Planning: I have been able to refurbish and make use of pre-loved lesson plans. With the help of AI I am able to re-create these lesson to reflect diverse narratives and multilingual scripts reflecting student identities. For example, by inputing student demographics into tools like MagicSchool AI or ChatGPT to create a lesson on "family rituals," pulling from Ugandan storytelling traditions alongside global influences I have been able to provide my learners with varied storytelling perspectives

• Narrative Generation: Produce plays, monologues, or storytelling models that weave in authentic traditions has come with a lot more ease in my classoom. AI prompts have yielded scripts blending Baganda folklore with modern urban youth experiences, ensuring representation and supporting learners in encountering their own cultures.

• Improvisation Prompts: AI has provided my classroom with customised scenarios with culturally significant themes, like "negotiating traditions in a multicultural family... greetings and showing respect," This process has even encouraged learners to students to improvise in their heritage languages for equity and voice amplification.

AI has been a great supportive tool in curating repositories of culturally responsive drama resources. AI has made it easier for educators to access authentic materials (Al Nabhani et al., 2025; Khushi, Monishka, & Radhika, 2025).

Empowering Identity and Intercultural Dialogue

AI has enabled me to enaged in interactive drama simulations as well as craft personalized feedback. I have also explored way for learners to engage with AI as a brainstorming partner and feedback partner using Eduhub and Gemini AI. This proccess has empowered students to own their learning. Tools like Copilot, Perplexity, or ChatGPT have supported the learners in facilitating collaborative storytelling across cultures and learners are able to students analyse themes in drama texts, spotlighting commonalities and differences when engaging with varied texts during the creative process.

This amplifies student voice, letting learners share stories in their languages and contexts for a richer, inclusive environment (Khushi, Monishka, & Radhika, 2025).

Navigating Challenges and Ethical Integration

AI's benefits shine in my account, however, authenticity matters. In order to address this in my AI usage protocol I put guard rails against cultural tokenism, biases, or over-reliance. In my continued exploration with AI in arts I am continuing to look into was of blending AI outputs with educators' judgment (Bhutoria, 2022). In my current research in AI in Arts Education I have prioritizes ethical use AI in the creative process to ensure authenticity and intergrity. Scholars like Vishal et al. (2024), Khushi, Monishka, & Radhika (2024), and Samuel, Samuel, & Pinna (2023) provide frameworks for culturally aware AI in education. They champion personalised, adaptive strategies that transform teaching for diverse learners, balancing tech with human insight. By harnessing AI's interactive power, drama education becomes more equitable, engaged, and culturally vibrant.

References

Al Nabhani, F., Hamzah, M. B., & Abuhassna, H. (2025). The role of artificial intelligence in personalizing educational content: Enhancing the learning experience and developing the teacher's role in an integrated educational environment. Contemporary Educational Technology, 17(2), ep573. https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/16089

Khushi, Monishka, & Radhika. (2025). AI-driven personalization in culturally responsive education. Journal/Publisher.

Samuel, A., Samuel, P., & Pinna, M. (2023). Cultivation of human-centered artificial intelligence: culturally adaptive thinking in education for AI. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 7. doi.org