Pedagogia Decolonial Psicodramática

Abstract

Pedagogical practice focused on the exclusive cognitive assimilation of concepts has been limited in the effect of improving the understanding of Decolonial Critical Theories. Even though these theories represent facts of a structural scale, and thus of a high level of abstraction, we presuppose that it is necessary to bring them closer to the students’ experiences so that they can be better decoded. This allows students to improve their critical assimilation and their personal and citizen position taking. There are several pedagogical possibilities with this assumption, but in this research, we problematize: can J.L. Moreno’s psychodramatic method help to develop decolonial pedagogical practices? The basis of this article was the development of a university extension project, with the participation of students and teachers at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2018–2019), from which this article lists reflections on: (1) potentials of the method; (2) role of the teacher; (3) students’ perceptions; (4) challenges of the method.