劇場在社工教育的運用

The Applications of Theater to the Social Work Education Arena

本研究主要探討如何運用戲劇遊戲、形象劇場、過程劇場和教習劇場於社會工作教學中，希望能激發教學者和學生的創意、好奇心和美學敏感度。劇場可以是一個工具以促發學生在行動中反思、對理論有新的理解和對自我有新的認知與鼓勵自我表達。社會工作者經常面對許多不確定和不可預期的情境，如同戲劇的即興演出，某些層面和社會工作實施是相通的。本研究主要運用學生的反思報告作為分析文本，討論重點不在於檢視教學成效，而是希望對劇場運用於社會工作教學能有新的洞察。

This paper aims to explore how to apply drama games, image theater, process theater, and theater-in-education to the social work education arena in order to enhance both teacher and student creativity, curiosity, and aesthetic sensitivity. Theater can be used as a means to facilitate students' reflection- in-action and improve their understanding of theories, self-understanding, and self-expression. Social workers encounter uncertain and unexpected situations very often, and this is quite similar to the improvisation of theater performances. This paper employs the students' reflection papers for analysis. It is not focused upon a discussion of the effectiveness of the teaching, but hopes to bring new insights into the applications of theater to the social work education arena.