The debate over use of self disclosure in the interpersonal communication course is an important issue for all instructors, particularly for those with limited teaching experience. The debate focuses on whether it is ethical and/or practical to encourage students to engage in highly personal self disclosure and the uses of self disclosure as…

Reports on a study to determine the effect of creative drama on the role playing skills of sixth graders. (RB)

Provides a brief sketch on the teaching of creative dramatics in the elementary school and reviews fourteen ERIC documents which deal with this subject. (RB)

This review of the literature explores studies of the techniques used in behavior modification groups, the stages through which a group goes to solve its problems, and the particular tasks of the group worker in helping the group reach its goals. (Author)

This paper describes an attempt, through sociodrama, to improve race relations in a desegregated school in Maryland. (RWP)

By exploring one single administrative agency through simulation of a mock agency, students receive a reasonably accurate view of the administrative process and exercise their written and oral skills in this administrative law course. (Author/PG)

An alternative approach to reading can be based on a Piagetian process called decentering''--getting outside one's own frame of reference, the immediate circumstances of here and now, and one's immediate visceral reaction. (MM)

Following a unit on black identity, students were subjected to varying degrees of discrimination through a role playing sequence. (JB)

This present investigation attempted to assess the effects of a group counseling approach on students of low self-esteem. The results reported by the BRF indicate that by roleplaying typical conflict situations, children learned to cope better with themselves and their environment. (Author)

Simulation provides the stage for role playing several kinds of experiences. (Author)