Implementation of sociodramatic approach in the education of students of social policy and social work

Abstract

In this article the effects of application of sociodramatic approach in an academic teaching were explored. The objective of the research was to analyze the effects that system of five teaching units, based on sociodramatic approach, had on the group work variables of students in higher education. The group work variables that were considered were group cohesion, a sense of belonging to a group, a sense of involvement in the group, level of participation in communication, a sense of responsibility for the group, the impact of the participants in the group, the level of organization of the group, the impact of the group informal leaders, the impact of the group formal leader (professor) and focus on the group aim. Research was carried out on a sample of 70 students of Social Policy and Social Work. Applied method was repeated measurements. Analysis of the significance of differences showed significantly higher results for all observed variables in the repeated assessment, while principal component analysis indicated the change in structure of the obtained results. The findings suggest that the application of sociodramatic approach in the academic teaching improves participation of students, their feeling of group belonging and their learning of the method of leading effective group work.

U ovom radu istraživani su efekti primene sociodramskog pristupa u visokoškolskoj nastavi. Cilj istraživanja je bio analiza efekata koji sistem od pet nastavnih jedinica, zasnovan na sociodramskom pristupu, ima na varijable grupnog rada kod studenata u visokoškolskoj nastavi. Varijable grupnog rada, koje su razmatrane, bile su: grupna kohezija, osećaj pripadnosti grupi, osećaj uključenosti u grupu, nivo učešća u komunikaciji, osećaj odgovornosti za grupu, uticaj učesnika na grupu, nivo organizovanosti grupe, uticaj neformalnog vođe na grupu, uticaj formalnog vođe na grupu (profesorke) i usmerenost grupe cilju. Sprovedeno je istraživanje metodom ponovljenih merenja na uzorku od 70 studenata socijalne politike i socijalnog rada. Analiza značajnosti razlika pokazala je da su u ponovljenom merenju rezultati na svim posmatranim varijablama bili značajno viši, dok je analiza glavnih komponenti sugerisala i promenu u strukturi odnosa između varijabli. Nalazi sugerišu da primena sociodramskog pristupa u nastavi unapređuje participaciju studenata, njihovo osećanje pripadnosti grupi i učenje načina vođenja efikasnog grupnog rada.