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How to use Role-Play in Teaching and Training
Role-play is a valuable teaching and training tool that delivers immense amount of imprinted learning. This learning is retained and recalled better through the role-play experience. While it is evolving as a very effective, interactive teaching and training tool, many feel unprepared and uncomfortable about participating, or using role-play in routine teaching and training.
I have just returned from a two day teaching the trainers stint, where we used role-play as a tool to enormous benefit for the participants. I also use role-play in one to one teaching and training.
I am constantly amazed at the level and depth of learning that occurs through effective deployment of this tool, the way it can be adapted to teach anything from knowledge, skillsor to explore and expose attitudes.
We discussed the art of constructing the role-play, the principles that underpin this tool and what kind of learning occursthrough its use that I thought I could share with you.
What is role-play?
Role play in a simulation exercise where persons take on assumed roles in order to act out a scenario in a contrived setting. The learners or participants can act out the assigned roles in order to explore the scenario, apply skills (maybe communication, negotiation, debate etc.), experience the scenario from another view point, evoke and understand emotions that maybe alien to them. It helps to make sense of theory and gathers together the concepts into a practical experience.
This deeply rooted in the principles of constructivist teaching.
Role-play is also used a term for gaming, simulation and in couples interaction. In this we are going to talk about role-play as a teaching/training tool.
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Learning Pyramid
Why role-play?
Constructing meaning in a learner is a far better way to make learning memorable than simple transmission. In children the excitement of the role play, the interaction and
Role-play is a valuable teaching and training tool that delivers immense amount of imprinted learning. This learning is retained and recalled better through the role-play experience. While it is evolving as a very effective, interactive teaching and training tool, many feel unprepared and uncomfortable about participating, or using role-play in routine teaching and training.
I have just returned from a two day teaching the trainers stint, where we used role-play as a tool to enormous benefit for the participants. I also use role-play in one to one teaching and training.
I am constantly amazed at the level and depth of learning that occurs through effective deployment of this tool, the way it can be adapted to teach anything from knowledge, skillsor to explore and expose attitudes.
We discussed the art of constructing the role-play, the principles that underpin this tool and what kind of learning occursthrough its use that I thought I could share with you.
What is role-play?
Role play in a simulation exercise where persons take on assumed roles in order to act out a scenario in a contrived setting. The learners or participants can act out the assigned roles in order to explore the scenario, apply skills (maybe communication, negotiation, debate etc.), experience the scenario from another view point, evoke and understand emotions that maybe alien to them. It helps to make sense of theory and gathers together the concepts into a practical experience.
This deeply rooted in the principles of constructivist teaching.
Role-play is also used a term for gaming, simulation and in couples interaction. In this we are going to talk about role-play as a teaching/training tool.
[pic]
Learning Pyramid
Why role-play?
Constructing meaning in a learner is a far better way to make learning memorable than simple transmission. In children the excitement of the role play, the interaction and