To help leaders or "facilitators" of a series of simulation exercises on controversial issues for school board members, this guide describes how the simulations work and provides some of the materials required for the simulation exercise on censorship and book banning. After defining simulation or gaming exercises, the author notes the…

Often the way one communicates ethical choices is conditioned by the dynamics of the communication process more than by a well-developed "ethical system." Sociodrama is an excellent method of teaching both ethics and communication skills. The technique can be used for playing out any real-life situation, but unlike much actual life experience, it…

Guidelines and examples for using dramatization to teach elementary German are presented. Dramatization can be used productively as an aid to learning even at the very beginning of a course or in an academic environment that is hostile to innovation. In order to learn an utterance in a foreign language, the students must be able to project their…

The content and organization of an 8-week evening course for fathers, developed at Boston University, are discussed in this workshop report. Participants' characteristics that should be considered by the group leader are also discussed. The first half of the course focused on learning to listen and respond to one's child, whereas the second half…

Outlined the influence of dramatic participation by students and how it affected student growth. (RK)

A project at Teachers College, Columbia University, to provide personal insight into the effects of various leadership styles on the reactions of subordinates is described. (Editor)

At the University of Minnesota role playing and simulation exercises were used in a new orientation program for foreign students. The goal was to help the foreign student define the roles he feels are important and to learn whether his solutions to problems are appropriate to his new culture. (Author)

College undergraduates read a story about two boys playing hooky from school from the perspective of either a burglar or a person interested in buying a home. After recalling the story once, subjects were directed to shift perspectives and then recall the story again. In two experiments, subjects produced on the second recall significantly more…

Various techniques for involving student in evaluation are described all of which make evaluation a learning activity. (JH)

Story presented as an anthropological field report, although in reality it is a Marxist-type paradigm of American society, designed to demystify some of the processes that promote social stability. (Author/ND)

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The development and teaching of a Spanish-English preschool career unit (the Fruit and Vegetable Industry unit), developed to help migrant children enhance their self-images by recognizing the importance of their families' contribution to food production, is described in this paper. A brief description of the development of this unit is provided…

The manual presents activities designed to allow individuals to experience the sensations, feelings, attitudes, limitations, and perspectives of handicapped persons. The first section details aspects of workshop planning, including a review of experiential learning theory; information on group structure, group size, physical setting, workshop…