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ROLE PLAY

Role play enables students to be immersed in a low-stakes, highly realistic scenario that allows them to not only apply what they may have learnt, but also make valuable mistakes from which they can learn further. 

This task is most suitable for:

Interactions
Single (monodisciplinary) or mixed (interdisciplinary) groups

Degree of Integration
Multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary

Problem structure
Open-ended problems

Skill targets
Interdisciplinary problem-solving

Ability to generate
analogies/metaphors

Enhanched
critical thinking

Ability to communicate disciplinary content

Ability to interpret
other disciplines

Interactional
expertise

Humility, sensitivity
to bias and empowerment

Systems-thinking

Knowledge
integration

Methodological
integration

Assessing value/pay-off
of identification

Problem-framing

Identification
task allocation

Methodological 
choice

Evaluation

Identifying and
sharing competencies

Defining/assigning
roles

Defining shared
group values

Defining rules of operation
and group engagement

Facilitating
communication

Coordinating
roles/tasks

Facilitating
feedback

Consensus and
trust building

Facilitating personal
development

Where to find it?

Theatrical Technology Assessment (TTA) is a designed roleplay in which participants slip into the role of one stakeholder by means of instruction and improvisation. You can find more information via the button below.

Go to TTA Website