Role play

Presented by
Saranya S R
Dept of Maths
Introduction

 Role playing is one of the effective methods to

learn and gain experience.
 An individual is likely to remember their personal
feelings more intensely and for a longer period of
time.
Role play

 Therole game helps to analyse how people

behave in a certain situation, how to evaluate and
predict their reactions.
 Therefore to gain the maximum effect from the
role game, proposed situations should be as close
to reality as possible.
How to conduct a role playing exercise

 The three stages to a standard role play exercise

includes
 Set up
 The play
 The follow up
Setting up

 Inthe set up stage the training team describes

the scenario and assigns roles to the participants.
 If the participant plays a particular role in reality,
it would be more effective to assign a different
role to that participant during the role play
exercise.
The play stage

 During the play stage, the participants act out their roles
and the play is carried out
 If the role play becomes too long then the facilitators can
give the participants a time warning of one or two
minutes, and then end the play after that.
The follow up

 It is important for all the participants to discuss what

happened during the role play.
 They may question individual role players to ask why they
took a particular position, made a certain statement, or
undertook an action.
Objectives of role play

 Helps in developing a better understanding of job.

 It helps in understanding how to handle a particular
situation.
 Helps in developing better understanding of the issue an
better decision making.
 It helps in anticipating reaction of other party.
 It helps in developing communication, management
development and leadership quality.
 It helps in improvement of interpersonal relationship.
Features of Role play

 Learning by doing
 Learning through imitation
 Learning through observation and feedback
 Learning through analysis and conceptualization
Learning by doing

 The participant plays a role as per the given

circumstances he learns practically and
understand the demand or requirements of skill
set to resolve or get the task done.
Learning through imitation

 While playing the new or the expected role the

participant get the feelings about the other
persona and tries his best to include and accrue
all traits of the given role.
Learning through observation and
feedback
 This method help in dual learning
 The trainee not only learns and reinforces the
concepts by self learning but also develops an
understanding about a new role.
Learning through analysis and
conceptualization
 Therole played by the trainee helps in analyzing
the various skills involved in the role right from
domain, conceptual, design or human skills and
thus helps in designing a broader understanding
and clear outlook towards a task.
Benefits

 Helps in both cognitive and affective development

 Permits practice by repetition and helps in better
reinforcement
 Helps in improving human relations
 Helps in making people sensitive towards others.
Conclusion

 Role playing exercises encourage students to think

more critically about complex and controversial
subjects and to see situations from a different
perspective. When properly employed, role plays
can motivate students in a fun and engaging way.