Discusses the theme of humiliation and the fear of humiliation in various stories for children and adolescents. Highlights include ethnicity and isolation, class bully torments, having a "special needs" relative, dreams of exclusion, and teacher crushes. Provides suggested activities for role-playing and human rights research. (AEF)

Advocates asking business communications students to compose entries into role-playing journals as a means of practicing the concepts of audience analysis and appropriateness of language to speaker and context. Describes the assignment, the way it can be analyzed, and the benefits of the approach. (HB)

Describes an approach to employment interview role playing that provides practice in using probing questions. Outlines three interview scenarios which become progressively more demanding of the participants' interviewing skills. Outlines procedures, considers the role of the resume, and discusses outcomes. (HB)

Presents a five-step model for organizing instruction to focus on using the second language for real-life communication. These steps are listening to the spoken language, learning how the language works, building skills, role playing, and speaking in real-life situations. The teacher's role is to ask for more precise effort from the students. (CK)

The Model U.N. is a popular experiential learning program that engages students through cooperative-learning techniques and multicultural education. Every year over 60,000 U.S. secondary and college students participate in role-play simulations of United Nations meetings. Students are challenged intellectually, enjoy stimulating group activities,…

Presents exercises and role plays designed to help English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students enrolled in or bound for American universities understand plagiarism and the need to properly document essays and term papers. (five references) (MDM)

Identifies writing projects, children's literature, role-playing activities, and community resources that teachers can use in instructing young children about the Bill of Rights. Reminds teachers not to be overzealous in presenting the subject. Suggests that guest speakers and field trips are likely to have a greater impact upon students than most…

Discusses an evaluation of the use of role playing in teaching about research ethics. Reports that students first evaluated the utility of selected studies, then explored the ethics of research projects, with and without role playing. Concludes that role playing helped sensitize students to ethical issues in research. (SG)

Presents study results regarding the social cognitive abilities of deaf adolescents. Explains that role taking ability and nonverbal sensitivity was evaluated in a series of tests. Reports low performance in social cognitive abilities. Suggests that language plays a role in social adjustment. Concludes that nonverbal sensitivity is an important…

Discusses an alternative to the conventional close reading of a literary work in which students take on the role of any member of a film crew (director, screenwriter, filmscorer, etc.) and communicate how the scene would best be transferred to the screen. Notes that the activity cultivates critical analysis and serves as a springboard for personal…

Describes a four-character role-play exercise designed to show how employee and management resistance to change can hinder the implementation of an organizational change effort. The Jefferson Company is an old-line printing firm with new partners that must change its technology, equipment, and operating procedures in the face of increased…

Discusses an elementary teacher's use of educational skits in history instruction. Describes the preparation of skit scripts. Observes that children who grow up passively watching television need encouragement to become actively involved in learning. Suggests that rehearsing the past may be the best way to prepare for the future. (SG)

Describes an instructional simulation of a commercial banking system. Identifies the teaching of portfolio theory, market robustness, and the subtleties of institutional constraints and decision making under uncertainty as the project's goals. Discusses the results of applying the simulation in an environment of local and national markets and a…

Explores the kinds of persuasion used by preschool children in two role-playing tasks. Finds that children role played effectively and persistently, with Bargains and Guarantees the most frequently used strategies. Finds that the choice of strategies changed with age (more Positive Sanction, less Assertion) and with sex (boys used more Norm…

Representations of 40 3- to 6-year-olds' perceptions of Oedipal conflicts among family members were assessed through a doll-play task and parental diaries. Complementary information on children's understanding of family roles and age relativity was evaluated independently. Oedipal behaviors appeared to increase and then decrease during this age…