Role-Playing
"The acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psychotherapy or training) or unconsciously, in accordance with the perceived expectations of society as regards a person’s behavior in a particular context. " ~www.oxforddictionaries.com
Benefits:
You can use role-playing to reinforce your procedures at the beginning of
the school year and it is appropriate for use in any content area.
"The acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously (as a technique in psychotherapy or training) or unconsciously, in accordance with the perceived expectations of society as regards a person’s behavior in a particular context. " ~www.oxforddictionaries.com
Benefits:
- Children have always learned from mimicking or duplicating the actions of others, including their parents and peers. Role-playing is simply a continuation of the learning already done by students.
- Role-play allows for the interaction between classmates, and peers. It also allows introverted students to speak out. It helps to break down “cliques”.
- Role-playing teaches many lessons; some of the most important lessons it teaches are lessons that are needed in society, competition, cooperation and empathy.
- What topic(s) do you want the exercise to cover?
- Provide students with clear instructions and any information they may need to complete the exercise.
- Outline your expectations of them as you would for any assignment and stress what you expect them to learn.
- To practice working together, have students number off from 1 to 4 and assign a role to each number (time keeper, facilitator, reporter, recorder).
- Explain what each role is responsible for, give them a task or discussion topic, and let them use their roles to practice working together.
- This provides an organized situation to reinforce how students should behave when working together.
You can use role-playing to reinforce your procedures at the beginning of
the school year and it is appropriate for use in any content area.