SUBJECT

Sociodrama

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master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

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2-4 Semester

Autumn/Spring semester

Aim of the course

The aim of this course is to develop the students’ self-awareness, their ability to reflect on situations in which they are involved, as well as

To develop the students’ competencies to work as consultants

To gain a basic knowledge and skill in sociodrama methodology, enabling to make them capable of using this technique as trainers.

Learning outcome, competences

Knowledge:

• Students will gain a general knowledge of sociodrama methodology and techniques
• They will gain an overview of the purpose and limitation of sociodrama
• They will gain a knowledge of how they can use sociodrama in organizations as well as an understanding of the main characteristics of sociodrama in organizations.

Attitude:

• Openness to different thinking and constructiveness during sociodrama teamwork.
• Reflection and self-reflection during sociodrama processes.

Skills:

• Ability to reflect on sociodrama teamwork, group processes, group dynamics, organizational and social phenomena
• Ability to interpret his / her observations based on different social-psychological models.
• Ability to use psychodrama techniques as group leader
• Ability to use appropriate sociodrama techniques according to the organizational and social environment
• Ability to assess limitation of his / her competencies

Content of the course

Topics of the course

• Leadership situations: recruitment interview, motivating employees, performance management, outplacement
• Conflicts in organizations and workplace
• Prejudices towards different minorities in the workplace: xenophobia, homophobia, sexism, prejudices against mentally or physically ill people
• Mobbing, Abuse and Harrasement in the Workplace
• Social justice, fairness in workplace

Learning activities, learning methods

• Sociodrama study group
• Reflection on experiences in the study-group
• Interpretation of experiences based on different theoretical models
• Training sociodrama  in a study group as candidate group leaders                                   

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

Requirements

• Participation in study sociodrama group
• Making protocol of observations
• Presentation of own experiences

Compulsory reading list

• Browne, R. (2006).Towards a Framework For Sociodrama, ANZPA
• Browne, R. (2007). Directing Sociodrama,The British Journal of Psychodrama and Sociodrama, Vol 22, No 2, Autumn/ Winter. This is Ch4 of the Sociodrama thesis 2006.
• Sternberg, P. and Garcia, A. (2000): Sociodrama. Who’s in your shoes? Greenwood Publishing Group
• Torrance, E.P., Murdock, and Fletcher, D. (1988). Sociodrama: Creative problem solving in action. Buffalo: Bearly Limited.
• Yablonsky, L. (1992). Psychodrama: Resolving emotional problems through role-playing. New York: Brunner/Mazel