Resources
A simple "How to Use Role Playing Guide" that includes Define Objectives, Choose Context & Roles, Introducing the Exercise, Student Preparation/Research, The Role-Play,Concluding Discussion and Assessment
Focus is on using Role-Play to help historical figures come alive.
Handy 1-page summary of difference between grades and assessment, from the Duke University website.
In “Reacting to the Past” courses students learn by taking on roles, informed by classic texts, in elaborate games set in the past; they learn skills—speaking, writing, critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork—in order to prevail in difficult and complicated situations. That is because Reacting roles, unlike those in a play, do not have a fixed script and outcome. While students will be obliged to adhere to the philosophical and intellectual beliefs of the historical figures they have been assigned to play, they must devise their own means of expressing those ideas persuasively, in papers, speeches or other public presentations; and students must also pursue a course of action they think will help them win the game.
Click Here for Book Review Abstract: Cultural and ethnic diversity is the reality of our world, and much more so in this age of heightened globalization. Yet, do our ways of doing theological education match with our current reality and hopes for a colorful and just tomorrow? How shall we do theological formation so it helps give birth to a culturally diverse, racially just, and hospitable world? This edited volume gathers the voices of minoritized scholars and their white allies in the profession in response to the above questions. More particularly, this volume gathers the responses of these scholars to the questions: What is the plight of theological education? Who are the teachers? Who are our students? What shall we teach? How shall we teach? How shall we form and lead theological institutions? It is the hope of this volume to contribute to the making of theological education that is hospitably just to difference/s and welcoming of our diverse population, which is our only viable future. When we embody this vision in our daily educational practices, particularly in the training of our future religious leaders, we may help usher in a new, colorful, and just world. (From the Publisher)
Journal Issue.
"Teaching Difficult Texts." 1000 word essay describing a student-interactive, small -group discussion of challenging texts.
"Teaching Difficult Texts." 1000 word essay describing scaffolding to help students engage a challenging text.
"Teaching Difficult Texts." 1000 word essay describing role playing exercise to help students engage a challenging text.
"Teaching Difficult Texts." 1000 word essay scaffolding student engagement with difficult texts from non-Western Christian contexts.