An experiment in which experienced teachers were given different roles to enact temporarily, and the resulting change in the teachers' attitudes toward students and self-concept is described and discussed. (MSE)

Techniques that can be used in a music methods class to help future music teachers successfully relate theory to practice are discussed. These include the if-then technique, role playing, and the four-step model. (RM)

A secondary school residential project, which began by suffering such a blow to group unity that recovery seemed impossible, ended by successfully facilitating the moral growth of its members. Social interaction in groups, allowing role-taking and the resolution of conflicts, was the technique responsible for this success. (Author/RM)

Presents strategies for helping students develop their metacognitive abilities. Teachers must specifically encourage thinking about thinking. (MD)

Analyzes the adaptation of Gypsies to urban contexts through "performances" (such as "passing" as a non-Gypsy, playing up stereotypes, and enacting the role of fortune teller). Reports that a Gypsy's survival depends on knowing which performance role to enact to which audience in which setting. (KH)

A cost-effective audiotaped patient-simulation program to teach residents at a university family practice center is described. Similar programs have been implemented in other areas such as pediatrics, psychiatry, nursing, and a family medicine clerkship. (MSE)

Explored young children's ability to contrast social roles through language, using a technique of controlled improvisation with puppets. Found that from an early age (three or four years) children are aware of a broad range of social variation and are sensitive to the linguistic means of encoding this variation. (PD)

Techniques are presented that can help teachers resolve conflicts that arise in the classroom. Strategies are outlined for working out differences among students or between the teachers and a student and for fostering cooperative attitudes among the children. (PP)

Maintains that simulation games in social studies education are successful because they combine factual content, skills development, and experience in decision making. The five simulations described are Explorers I, River City, Boxcars, The Union Divides, and Starpower. (Author/DB)

To help pre-service teachers anticipate discipline problems, recognize that alternatives exist, and explore and bank the alternatives for future reference, the authors developed and field-tested simulations consisting of problem cards, slides, criteria sheets, decision cards, and sample solutions. Participants role-play teachers; classmates…

This essay provides a window into an eighth-grade class engaged in a legislative curriculum drama. The author, an eighth-grade social studies and literature teacher at a private New York City elementary school, describes her use of a legislative curriculum drama to make an eight-week study of the legislative branch of government a more dynamic and…

This monograph reports on research carried out with 25 young Latino interpreters (high school students) who participated in a simulated interpretation task, part of a larger project that examined gifts and talents not generally identified, fostered in instruction, or positively evaluated in formal education. These bilingual adolescents had been…

This book focuses on the promotion and development of science learning from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 2. The four authors have extensive experience in initial teacher education and in primary schooling and this is evident in the emphasis on practical examples and evidence-based guidance. They offer examples and case studies designed to…

In this lesson, students examine issues surrounding hate crimes. Students read and discuss an article on hate crimes. In small groups, students role play state legislators and supporters and opponents of hate-crime legislation who must discuss and vote on a bill designed to increase sentences for hate crimes. Following an overview, the lesson plan…

Over decades, a number of researchers in science curriculum and science teaching and learning have pointed out that the history of science plays a pivotal role in the achievement of science literacy. However, recent studies have shown that both practitioners and textbook writers often fail to deal with subjects such as history and philosophy of…