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Peer reviewedSkarin, Kurt; Moely, Barbara E. – Child Development, 1976
The experiment employed four sex-pair combinations, three age groups, and two pretraining manipulations in an effort to evaluate the following predictions with respect to altruism and rivalry: (1) Cooperation pretraining was expected to increase altruism compared with no pretraining, (2) females were expected to be more responsive to the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Elementary School Students, Research
Peer reviewedAckroyd-Pilkington, Judith – Research in Drama Education, 2001
Proposes a re-evaluation of the activity of teacher-in-role. Notes that the word "theatre" now encompasses a range of practices, including classroom drama. Argues that with a broader concept of acting emerging in theatre and performance, it is difficult to maintain notions of teacher-in-role as director and playwright, but not actor. (PM)
Descriptors: Drama, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Role Playing
Peer reviewedAnderson, Jared; Barrera, Gregory; Benedict, Julie; Cavanaugh, Michael; Christensen, Jessica; Clark, Susannah; Dallimore, Natalie; Drown, Danielle; Fink, Susan; Hansen, Josh; Haubner, Ashley; Hinsdale, Robin; Johnson, Tyler; King, JuLee; Maufort, Brenda; Neubauer, Laura; Popple, Jennifer; Praggastis, Cate; Price, Matt; Raber, Lloyd; Rowland, Tiffany; Strite-Hatch, Amy; Torson, Christine; Tuckness, Tara – Stage of the Art, 2003
Explains that each year, theatre education majors at the University of Utah select a production that will be mounted by a professional theatre company on the campus. Explains that the theatre education majors complete extensive dramaturgical research for the production, and create a process drama pre-show piece that is presented to over 1500 K-12…
Descriptors: Creativity, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Role Playing
Peer reviewedMesmer, Karen – Science Scope, 2003
Describes a role-playing activity that asks students to review the qualifications of a scientist who has applied for a job at a research facility. During this review, students learn about the history of science, what it takes to become a scientist, and how real scientists conduct research. (KHR)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Middle Schools, Role Playing, Science Education
Peer reviewedBeale, Andrew V. – Journal of Career Development, 2003
Describes a career awareness activity in which elementary students use pantomime and role playing to learn about the workers needed to run a restaurant and the importance of teamwork. Provides a narrative for the activity and follow-up discussion questions. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Pantomime
Peer reviewedDollinger, Stephen J. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1989
Describes variation on role plays used in counselor education classes that teach lessons about the counseling process. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Course Content, Perspective Taking, Role Playing
Texas Child Care, 1994
Suggests allowing children to draw on their experiences with doctors and dentists and encouraging pretend play centered around medical settings such as clinics and hospitals. Provides guidelines to involve children's participation in such play, and provides detailed information on setting up appropriate play centers. (BAC)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Experiential Learning, Health Personnel, Imagination
Peer reviewedFrance, M. Honore; Allen, G. Edward – Guidance & Counselling, 1993
The Gestalt dream approach is a practical way to explore personal issues. This article demonstrates how dream work can be adapted by counselors to focus clients to direct forms of personal exploration. A four-step strategy is described. (Authors)
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counselors, Dreams
Peer reviewedMiller, Nod – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1994
A participatory action research project (a minieconomy) raised the following issues: unpredictability of outcomes, degree of control over the agenda, understanding of what is meant by "research," and the struggle to engage in systematic reflection during the experience. (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Research Problems, Researchers
Peer reviewedKing, Albert S. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1992
Explains what software manufacturers are doing to combat software piracy, recommends how managers should deal with this problem, and provides a role-playing exercise to help students understand the issues in software piracy. (SR)
Descriptors: Business, Business Communication, Class Activities, Computer Software
Peer reviewedCherif, Abour H.; Somervill, Christine – American Biology Teacher, 1995
Provides information regarding teaching objectives, various levels of student involvement, the importance of assessment, and precautions that teachers should consider when using role playing techniques in the classroom. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Role Playing, Science Education
Peer reviewedScheel, Michael J.; Conoley, Collie W.; Ivey, David C. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1998
Investigates the use of intervention rationales that matched the participants' positions of beliefs in marriage therapy. Participants rated each treatment recommendation for acceptability. A variety of interventions were utilized. The interventions paired with rationales. Participant positions were rated significantly more acceptable than…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Constructivism (Learning), Counseling Techniques, Intervention
Peer reviewedKrumboltz, John D.; Jackson, Margo A.; Yeh, Christine J.; Ranieri, Anna M. – Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 1999
Describes the effectiveness of four innovative techniques for developing cultural sensitivity in career counselors: newsgroups to promote class discussion, supervised practice in multicultural career counseling, Culture Day in which students play the role of a person from a different culture and/or gender, and a noncompetitive grading system. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Training, Multicultural Education, Practicums
Peer reviewedChen, Charles P. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training: The Vocational Aspect of Education, 1997
The challenge-preparation approach to career counseling attempts to fortify clients' psychological strength to deal with challenges. The empowerment process includes exploration of existing resources, envisioning of upcoming challenges, and enactment of scenarios to develop coping skills. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Change, Coping, Counseling Techniques
Peer reviewedFrancis, Becky – Educational Research, 1998
Examination of interviews and role plays of 81 girls and 64 boys aged 7-11 found that children position genders as oppositional to one another. Choice of traditional gender roles results from gender category maintenance within symbolic gender cultures. (SK)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, Occupations, Role Playing
