Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice
<p>In this article we discuss how and why role-play supports students in gaining insights into complex leadership situations. We give voice to the students by illustrating their experiences in a role-playing activity involving a human resource management issue designed, performed, and evaluate...
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Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP
2013-05-01
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| author | Ulrika Westrup Agneta Planander |
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| description | <p>In this article we discuss how and why role-play supports students in gaining insights into complex leadership situations. We give voice to the students by illustrating their experiences in a role-playing activity involving a human resource management issue designed, performed, and evaluated as part of a management program. The results show that the role-playing supports the students by stimulating them to understand the issue from various perspectives, hence performing an overall change of perspectives. The role-playing exercise also enabled the students to create a collective understanding of the situation. The active social interactions and conversations of role-playing contributed to establishing a sense of community among the students. We argue that role-play could be a viable and forceful pedagogical method whereby teachers give their students the opportunity to prepare for practice. However, to implement role-play as an alternative method of learning requires that the method is a part of the institutional learning space.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08bb36f097f240ab934465e39429bcb22023-08-02T00:28:45ZdanCappelen Damm Akademisk NOASPHögre Utbildning2000-75582013-05-01331992105670Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voiceUlrika Westrup0Agneta Planander1Institutionen för service management, Lunds universitetInstitutionen för service management, Lunds universitet<p>In this article we discuss how and why role-play supports students in gaining insights into complex leadership situations. We give voice to the students by illustrating their experiences in a role-playing activity involving a human resource management issue designed, performed, and evaluated as part of a management program. The results show that the role-playing supports the students by stimulating them to understand the issue from various perspectives, hence performing an overall change of perspectives. The role-playing exercise also enabled the students to create a collective understanding of the situation. The active social interactions and conversations of role-playing contributed to establishing a sense of community among the students. We argue that role-play could be a viable and forceful pedagogical method whereby teachers give their students the opportunity to prepare for practice. However, to implement role-play as an alternative method of learning requires that the method is a part of the institutional learning space.</p>http://journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/hus/article/view/5609Active learning, Role-playPedagogical method, Leadership in practice, Management program |
| spellingShingle | Ulrika Westrup Agneta Planander Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice Högre Utbildning Active learning, Role-play Pedagogical method, Leadership in practice, Management program |
| title | Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice |
| title_full | Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice |
| title_fullStr | Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice |
| title_short | Role-play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice: The students’ voice |
| title_sort | role play as a pedagogical method to prepare students for practice the students voice |
| topic | Active learning, Role-play Pedagogical method, Leadership in practice, Management program |
| url | http://journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/hus/article/view/5609 |
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