Role-Playing
Classroom
Examples
Classroom examples
follow for these disciplines.
Business
Using
a Resource-Based, Role-Playing Exercise to Increase Student Interest
and Participation in Accounting Courses
Russell Craig and Joel Amernick discusses a role-playing exercise
that has been successfully used at universities in Australia and Canada
.
Role-Playing
in the Classroom: A Tourism Experience
Fiona Richards discusses a role play exercise incorporated into a
first year tourism majors at James Cook University .
The
Use of Role-Playing to Help Students Understand Information Systems
Case Studies
This article published in the Journal of Information Systems Education
explains as to why s tudents preferred the role-play approach to help
them understand how information systems can be used in business.
Economics
Showcase:
Case studies, Role-Playing and Simulations
An excellent showcase of case studies on role playing in economics
classrooms from the Economics Network of the UK's Higher Education
Academy.
The
Mandelbrot Project: A Role Playing Exercise in Applied Decision Making
Jack Ruitenbeek discusses a case study exercise on a role-playing
context ("game") for students in environmental economics.
Science:
The
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection
An excellent showcase of case studies on role playing in science classroom
from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Some of the subjects
mentioned are:
•
Anatomy
& Physiology
• Anthropology
• Astronomy
• Atmospheric
Science/Meteorology
• Chemistry/Biochemistry
• Computer
Science
• Ecology/Environment
• Evolutionary
Biology
• Food
Science
• Geography/GIS
• Geology
• Mathematics/Statistics
• Microbiology
• Molecular
Biology/Genetics
• Nutrition
• Physics/Engineering
• Psychology
The
Use of Role-Playing Exercises in Teaching Undergraduate Astronomy
and Physics
Paul J. Francis, Aidan P. Byrne discusses a series of case-studies
illustrating the nature of this technique, its advantages and some
of its pitfalls. Several ready-to-run exercises are included.
Role
Playing In an Object-Oriented World
St. Bonaventure University presents the use of scripted role playing
that can help students understand various aspects of software design,
marine biology and more.
"Saving
Superman: A Look into Stem Cell Research"
Lisa M. Rubin, professor at University at Buffalo and State University
of New York, provides a case study that begins with a synopsis of
Christopher Reeve's accident and his support of stem cell research,
with hopes to spark student interest in the topic. There are
two parts to the case study that includes the use of role-play
approach.
Case
Studies in Genetic Screening
Cissy Bennett from Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute provides a role-playing
scenario for biology students on a study of DNA biotechnology techniques.
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