Role-Playing
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Specific Discipline:
Business
Economics
English
Geography
History
Nursing
Psychology
Science
General
Fischer, J. Improving
approaches to multicultural education : teaching empathy through role
playing . Multicultural Education v. 9 no. 4 (Summer 2002) p.
25-6
Fischer (2002)
discusses a teaching method in multicultural education that helps
students to extend their empathy through role playing .
Lebaron, J. The
Potential of Jigsaw Role Playing to Promote the Social Construction
of Knowledge in an Online Graduate Education Course . Teachers College
Record. v. 107 no. 8 (August 2005) p. 1652-74
Lebaron (2005)
discusses the transition of a face-to-face jigsaw role - play exercise
to a primarily asynchronous graduate-level online course in education.
Further, he explores the challenges and benefits of online role
- play in graduate level online courses that serve adult professionals.
Mukhamedyarova,
Z. Interactive Methods of Teaching as a Condition for Developing
Students ' Independent Learning Skills in Kazakhstan and the U . S
. International Education v. 34 no. 2 (Spring 2005) p. 62-70
Mukhamedyarova
(2005) discusses five basic strategies of interactive teaching .
These strategies are the problem-solving approach, collaborative
learning , debates and discussions, interactive assessment, and
role playing, games, and simulations.
Stanley , D. L.
Wealth distribution and imperfect factor markets : A classroom
experiment . The Journal of Economic Education v. 32 no. 4 (Fall
2001) p. 344-55
Stanley (2001)
presents a simple exercise to demonstrate how initial property distribution
can affect final wealth patterns in developing areas of the world
using role-playing in a Monopoly board game
Zigo, D. From
familiar worlds to possible worlds : using narrative theory to support
struggling readers ' engagements with texts. Journal of Adolescent
& Adult Literacy v. 45 no. 1 (September 2001) p. 62-70
Zigo (2001)
discusses how role-playing can be used as a critical thinking technique.
Business
Anselmi, K. Modular
Experiential Learning for Business - to - Business Marketing Courses.
Journal of Education for Business v. 79 no. 3 (January/February 2004)
p. 169-75
Anselmi (2004)
present the Extended Buying Center Game (EBCG), an experiential
exercise that integrates marketing concepts and theory with a strong
emphasis on industry skills. The focus of the EBCG is on organizational
buying behavior, buyer-seller interaction, and marketing response.
The EBCG structure provides students with cooperative and competitive
role-playing opportunities, individual and group written assignments
and presentations, and verbal skill challenges.
Liebowitz, J.
Teach People Skills Totally Online?. College Teaching v.
51 no. 3 (Summer 2003) p. 82-5
Liebowitz (2003)
describes his experiences in adapting an MBA organizational behavior
course through distance learning that had been honed for seventeen
years. The most effective strategy involved conducting group exercises
and role plays synchronously in the chat room.
Yazisi, H. J. Student
Perceptions of Collaborative Learning in Operations Management Classes.
Journal of Education for Business v. 80 no. 2 (November/December
2004) p. 110-18
Yazisi (2004)
describes how collaborative activities (ranging from exams to projects
and role playing) enhance the understanding of operations management
( OM ). He found that collaborative learning improved undergraduate
business students ' understanding of quantitative OM methods, developed
their strategic-thinking skills, and enhanced their confidence in
their critical-thinking and implementation skills.
Economics
Wentland, D. A
Guide for Determining Which Teaching Methodology to Utilize in Economic
Education: Trying to Improve How Economic Information Is Communicated
to Students. Education ( Chula Vista , Calif. ) v. 124 no. 4
(Summer 2004) p. 640-8
Wentland (2004)
used various teaching methodologies, examined include: The CPS approach,
service learning, lecturing, lecturing plus, interactive role play,
inverted classroom, technology based, case studies and experiments,
demonstrations and dramatizations.
English
Bluestein, N.
A. Comprehension through characterization : Enabling readers to
make personal connections with literature . The Reading Teacher
v. 55 no. 5 (February 2002) p. 431-4
Bluestein (2002)
describes activities that can help readers to understand the characters
in a book using role-playing.
Geography
Kurtz, H. E. Reflecting
on Role Play in Geographic Education : The Case of the Banana War
. Journal of Geography v. 103 no. 1 (January/February 2004) p.
16-27
Kurtz (2004)
discusses case method instruction and role - play as teaching strategies
suitable for material on globalization and other geographic subject
matter, and then sketch an overview of an undergraduate geography
role - play that treats themes of globalization and agricultural
trade.
Oberle, A. P.
Understanding Public Land Management through Role - playing .
Journal of Geography v. 103 no. 5 (September/October 2004) p. 199-210
Oberle (2004)
discusses the development and assessment of a role - play that involves
an undergraduate geography class in a local public land management
process.
Steinbrink, J.
E.Intervention : Simulating the War on Global Terrorism . Journal
of Geography. v. 103 no. 6 (November/December 2004) p. 239-47
Steinbrink (2004)
discusses a geography class using role play simulation , and provides
teachers with a realistic, ready-made classroom lesson that combines
powerful conceptual learning with drama and surprise.
History
Appelget, J.Teaching
the history of science to students with learning disabilities [Disappearance
of the peppered moth] . Intervention in School and Clinic v.
37 no. 5 (May 2002) p. 298-303
Appelget (2002)
A lesson template designed to engage students in a specific science
event from the past in a manner that relates to the students ' lives
and experiences using role-playing.
Erb, S. A
taste of Chautauqua : Historical investigation and oral presentation
. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy v. 47 no. 2 (October
2003) p. 168-75
Erb (2003) discusses
an activity that meets the challenge of teaching history in a meaningful
way by incorporating role-playing with historical investigation
.
Morris, R. V.
Acting Out History : Students Reach Across Time and Space .
International Journal of Social Education v. 18 no. 1 (Spring/Summer
2003) p. 44-51
Morris (2003)
provides advice for social studies educators on how to use drama
to incorporate the arts and critical thinking into social studies
instruction. This advice relates to how to act out history , potential
problems, and assessment.
O'Brien, J. Prediction
Making within a Historical Context . The Social Studies ( Washington
, D.C. ) v. 94 no. 6 (November/December 2003) p. 271-8
O'Brien provides
an instructional model for engaging students in prediction making
in a historical context .
Rossi, J. A. Teaching
about International Conflict and Peacemaking at the Grassroots Level
. The Social Studies ( Washington , D.C. ) v. 94 no. 4 (July/August
2003) p. 149-57
Rossi (2003)
describes a model for teaching high school students about conflict
and peacemaking .
Nursing
Eyler, J. Reflecting
on Service : Helping Nursing Students Get the Most From Service -
Learning . Journal of Nursing Education v. 41 no. 10 (October
2002) p. 453-6
Eyler (2002)
suggests simple tools such as role-playing that can be used to integrate
reflection in a service learning course for nursing students .
Goldenberg, D.
The Effect of Classroom Simulation on Nursing Students ' Self
- Efficacy Related to Health Teaching . Journal of Nursing Education
v. 44 no. 7 (July 2005) p. 310-14
Goldenberg (2005)
i nvestigates the effect of classroom simulation on third-year baccalaureate
nursing students ' self - efficacy in health teaching .
Sellers, S. C.
Testing Theory Through Theatrics . Journal of Nursing Education
v. 41 no. 11 (November 2002) p. 498-500
Sellers ( 2002)
examines a role-playing activity that has succeeded in fostering
positive student attitudes toward nursing theory and in encouraging
students to think critically about the applicability of nursing
theory to advanced nursing practice.
Shearer, R. Using
Role Play to Develop Cultural Competence . Journal of Nursing
Education v. 42 no. 6 (June 2003) p. 273-6
Shearer (2003)
suggests that role play is useful in developing cultural competence
because participants may experience diverse roles.
Psychology
Nota, L. An
Assertiveness Training Program for Indecisive Students Attending an
Italian University . The Career Development Quarterly v. 51 no.
4 (June 2003) p. 322-34
Nota ( 2003)
present a training program devised to augment assertive competencies
in indecisive students choosing a university course of study using
role-playing.
Shepard, D. S.
Using Screenwriting Techniques to Create Realistic and Ethical
Role Plays . Counselor Education and Supervision v. 42 no. 2
(December 2002) p. 145-58
Shepard (2002)
describes an innovative training strategy that can be used to make
role plays a more realistic learning experience for counseling students.
This approach also resolves some of the ethical and practical concerns
that have been raised regarding role plays in which student clients
discuss personal issues in practice sessions.
Science:
Beck, J. A. Invasion
of the Zebra Mussels: A Mock Trial Activity . Science Activities
v. 42 no. 1 (Spring 2005) p. 15-19
Beck (2005)
suggests role-play simulations can help students better understand
complex issues and concepts.
Boyd, A. E. The
Needs of Trees . Science Activities v. 41 no. 3 (Fall 2004) p.
17-21
Boyd (2004)
discusses a lesson using role-play to become familiar with basic
requirements of trees and how availability of those resources is
related to tree ring sizes and tree growth.
Bryant, J. A
bioethics course for biology and science education students .
Journal of Biological Education v. 37 no. 2 (Spring 2003) p. 91-5
Bryant (2003)
discusses a range of topics covered in bioethics including lectures,
structured role play, case studies and videos.
Cox, C. C. If
I Were King : Population Decisions and the Environment . The
Journal of School Health v. 74 no. 2 (February 2004) p. 66-7
Cox (2004) discusses
an activity on analyzing the relationship between population growth
and environmental degradation in developed and developing countries
by having the students participate in a role-play that explores
how these consequences can be addressed.
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