Examples of various nonverbal communications training techniques are described that have been developed for use in the Los Alamos, New Mexico, public school system. (MJB)

Considers the double barriers obstructing the delivery of mental health service to the working class--the stigma of mental illness and the lack of referral channels--and how the social worker-trainer's role can help develop preventive mental care for the working man. (Author/RK)

A course focusing on bankruptcy reorganization uses simulation and role-playing to increase the depth and speed of students' comprehension of the substantive concepts inherent in reorganization proceedings and their place in the process. (MSE)

Suggests that business communication students can improve their management and communications skills by forming teams and playing the roles of corporate employees, including holding stockholders' meetings, drawing up reports, discussing new products, and in general honing their professional appearance and conduct. (JC)

It is proposed that simulations outside an overtly legal context are valuable for law students, permitting them to understand the extent to which their everyday social behavior constitutes desirable professional behavior. Eight specific simulation topics are suggested. (MSE)

Presents a lesson for grades 4-12 which examines the attorney's role in court. Provides presentation guidelines for a visiting attorney and includes a classroom role play which can help students understand a lawyer's role in a trial and the way in which questions are used to prove a case. (GEA)

The use of a play as a teaching tool in social work research was investigated. A randomized factorial experimental design compares groups receiving materials in the form of a lecture or a play, and reactions of both groups are discussed. (Author/MH)

Presents a lesson plan which uses role playing to teach secondary students about sectionalism and its effects on a nation. Set during the Constitutional Convention, students, as participants, learn about the three main areas of conflict, the viewpoints of each section of the country, and the importance of compromise as they argue and defend their…

Presents a six-day lesson in which two different classes role play the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to simulate the bicameral nature of the U.S. government. Students use actual federal or state legislation or write their own bills, and then work through the process of passing them into law or rejecting them. (GEA)

Ways in which teachers can help students face situations that make them tense, anxious, or fearful are suggested, including self-affirmation, relaxation techniques, problem solving, and role playing. (CB)

Lecturing to class each meeting is misuse of widely available instructional resources. Describes how to randomly assign a racial and ethnic identity to each student and how to use the community to invigorate an undergraduate race relations class. Concludes that colleges have been too cognitively oriented and that much can be gained by providing…

While there is increasing agreement that aesthetics is related to a quality art program, an analysis of major scholars who have prescribed content for aesthetics in art education indicates that there is little agreement on the conditions of the relationship. This study attempts to clarify different conditions for aesthetics in the curriculum.…

Describes a continuum of types of drama activities to be used in second language learning. Activities near the top end of the continuum are more suitable for teaching the forms of the target language; activities near the bottom end are more suitable for teaching the functions of the language. (SED)

Presents three role playing exercises to show journalism students how easy it is for even veteran journalists to make ethically questionable decisions when under pressure of fast-breaking news. (HTH)

Describes children's dramatic play behavior as a structured, recognizable phenomenon that is the result of careful nurturing by caregivers and a future tool to make vivid the actualities and potentialities of human experience. (CRH)