When Maya Saakvitne's parents sent her for a three-day school field trip two years ago at Nature's Classroom, a camp in western Massachusetts, they did not expect her to come home with a tale of her feet falling asleep after counselors asked her to kneel in the hold of a make-believe slave ship and keep her head down even though some of the other…

This article reports on part of a research project that was generated by an evident need to incorporate cultural knowledge in language learning within the option of a Year 12 vocationally-oriented curriculum. Language-specific research was undertaken to ascertain the intercultural knowledge in communication related to hospitality and to propose a…

Recently, attention has been paid to computer and video games as a medium for learning. This article provides a way of conceptualizing them as possibility spaces for learning. It provides an overview of two research programs: (1) an after-school program using commercial games to develop deep expertise in game play and game creation, and (2) an…

This article describes the work of two EPs involved in a multi-agency project to produce Local Authority (LA) guidelines on psycho/social support following critical incidents and disasters. EPs were involved as participant observers during a simulation of setting up and running a LA reception centre for evacuees. A questionnaire was then…

This article explored the role of education in society and focused on three themes, humanistic education, competition, and their interaction. (RK)

A new experience in bank training is the use of simultaneous role playing, a type of participative training in which students mostly instruct themselves rather than through instructor interaction. The purpose is to develop field trainers which in turn will reduce training cost and train more personnel. (DS)

Study supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant MH-07506, and based on a doctoral dissertation completed at Yeshiva University (Lowenherz, 1966).

This document contains resources and suggested steps to help secondary teachers organize and conduct a mock trial. Although written specifically for use in Missouri, the document can easily be used and adapted by teachers in other states. The authors believe that a mock trial is a valuable learning experience in many ways. It may be used to help…

The relationship between several personality variables, including locus of control and selected factors of the Sixteen P-F. (Adventurousness, Enthusiasm, Sociability, Apprehensiveness, Self-sufficiency, and Extraversion), and attitude toward role playing were examined. Differences by locus of control were nonsignificant, although significant…

Two frequently employed types of role playing, empirical and hypothetical, are defined and discussed with respect to the type of threat each poses to valid inference when used as substitutes for in vivo experimentation. (Author/AM)

Assigned 36 novice trainees to triads and to levels of ordinal position--counselor first, second, third--during role-play practice. Results showed no difference between the positions in trainees' reflection of feeling responses. There was a significant positive linear trend from first to third counselor role play, with improved reflection of…

A voluntary college orientation weekend which involved roleplaying activities through which the participants learned more about themselves, their companions, and their priorities is described. (JC)

Author suggests methods teachers may find valuable in helping children understand and deal with emotions. (Author/CB)

A look at how science fiction can be used in the classroom as an exercise in speculating on possible alternate futures. (AK)