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One of the ways I
have tried to do this is by developing large group role play
scenarios. These serve as a framework for students ( in my
case, social work students) to begin to engage with some key
issues and themes in the relatively safe environment of the
class room before they go out into their professional
agency-based practice later on in their course.
The University asked
me to prepare a training DVD on this method of teaching, and
I have included it here so that you can see me in action (
warts and all!) and gain some ideas of how this method of
teaching works. Although it has been edited the whole
teaching block consisted of about 10 hours teaching, in five
two hour blocks what you see is the raw data of the
classroom. The DVD has been broken down into chapters, as
the story of two families unfolds.
The principle I use
is that students will be invited to play spontaneously
any number of roles in the developing scenario, from the key
family members to a range of professionals involved as the
story unfolds. In this interaction they begin to learn a lot
about themselves and about the roles they will be playing as
professionals in their future careers.
Start by looking at
the Introduction and you will see that in spite of the
challenges they found it was fun and a very positive
learning experience! Can any teacher ask for more !
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