Scenario 3C - Role Play
With this technique, participants engage in “role play”, i.e., they put themselves in the shoes of someone else (whose perspective on the content is different from their own) so that they better appreciate the other person’s point of view. There are two phases to this technique: the first phase entails role uptake and study of materials (keeping an eye on the role taken), the second entails producing a common artefact by negotiating with peers its content from the perspective previously assumed.
This technique has been used in nursing education, for example, in order to recreate meaningful and realistic simulations in mental health nursing. In the example [25] students were allocated professional roles such as the community mental health team manager, community psychiatric nurse, child and family social workers, school safeguarding lead, occupational health nurse, substance misuse nurse, psychiatrist and staff.
Time |
2 phases |
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Phase 1 |
Phase 2 |
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Task |
Role uptake and study of material |
Negotiation and production of a shared artefact (each member assumes the assigned perspective) |
Team |
Individual work |
Small groups |
Technology |
f2f or forum |
f2f or forum |
DATABASE. Use the database if you want your students to share their final artefacts. Watch the following video, if you want to learn how to set up a database.