Role-Play: An Oft Misused Teaching Strategy

(Essays on Teaching Excellence, Toward the Best in the Academy Volume 19, Number 5, 2007) Short article that argues "One of the reasons role-play can work so wellis because of the power of placing oneself in another’s shoes. This provides opportunities for learning in both the affective domain, where emotions and values are involved, as well as in the cognitive domain." But to be effective role-playing must have clear objectives and intentional debriefings. where experiences are analyzed