Naslov
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF PROCESS DRAMA AND FORUM THEATER - EMPOWERING STUDENTS AND USERS FOR OVERCOMING THE POSITION OF OPPRESSION AND HELPLESSNESS

Autori
Blažeka Kokorić Slavica ; Berc, Gordana ; Majdak, Marijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
EASSW 2015: Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025, Milan, Italy, 29th June - 2nd July, 2015 / - , 2015

Skup
EASSW 2015: Social Work Education in Europe: towards 2025

Mjesto i datum
Milano, Italija, 29.06.2015. - 02.07.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
students; process drama; forum theater

Sažetak
In this presentation will be displayed the implementation of process drama and forum theater (as experiential learning methods) in the education of social workers, which aim is to develop the specific skills of group work focused on empowering users to overcome positions of oppression and helplessness. First will be presented the method and objective of process drama (open space for self-expression, creativity and personal growth, participants’ encouragement on exploration of various current social issues and life experiences, and on better understanding of the world around us and the role of the individual in it). After that principles and way of shaping process drama will be described and the preparation and implementation of forum-play. Also, will be described the creative process in which the participants is given the possibility to recap different life situations through different drama techniques and their own internal states faced, as well as to actively participate in their creation and transformation. Special emphasis will be on presenting the positive effects of the forum theater application. It is a technique that strengthens awareness of the situations of oppression in a society which creates a space for dialogue, especially with those groups of users that the right for dialogue in society is partly or completely taken away. Forum theater application in a group work encourages participants’ critical thinking and seeking ways to overcome the position of oppression and helplessness, empowers positions of choice and encourages access to potentially new solutions of problem situations. At the very end examples of possible implementation process drama and forum-theater to work with different groups of users will be presented, and will be summarized results of qualitative research on the experience of applying such methods in group work with juvenile offenders.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Socijalne djelatnosti

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