Role-playing as a teaching
strategy offers several advantages for both teacher and
student. First, student interest
in the topic is raised. Research has shown that “integrating
experiential learning activities
in the classroom increases interest in the subject mater and
understanding of course content”
Secondly, there is increased involvement on the part of the students in a
roleplaying
lesson. Students are not passive
recipients of the instructor’s knowledge. Rather,
they take an active part. Poorman
(2002) observes that “true learning cannot take place
when students are passive
observers of the teaching process” (p. 32). One student at
Barnard College who was enrolled
in a role-playing history class said, “This class tricks
you into doing so much work”
A third advantage to using role-playing as a teaching strategy is that it
teaches
empathy and understanding of
different perspectives (Poorman, 2002). A typical roleplaying
activity would have students
taking on a role of a character, learning and acting
as that individual would do in the
typical setting. Poorman (2002) found “a significant
increase among students in feeling another’s distress as their own”
The role-playing approach can be used in a variety of settings, including the
classroom. The principle behind
role-playing is that the student assumes a particular
personality of a different person,
such as a historical character. According to Jones
(1982), students “must accept the
duties and responsibilities of their roles and functions,
and do the best they can in the situation in which they find themselves.”
Skilled teachers have generally used skits, plays, newscasts, and other forms
of
drama to motivate students when
new information in introduced. Role playing activities
can be divided into four stages
(Cherif & Somervill, 1998):
1. Preparation and explanation of
the activity by the teacher
2. Student preparation of the
activity
3. The role-playing
4. The discussion or debriefing
after the role-play activity
Mark Sutcliffe from the School of
Economics at the University of the
West of England provides educational advantages of role playing:
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