Role play is a method of teaching ..It help the students to know the types of role play...process of role play..steps of role play

1. ROLE PLAY
JASLEEN KAUR
MSC(N)

2. INTRODUCTION
Role play is one of the teaching method provide
experience through effective confrontation and
developing new ways of looking at things.

3. DEFINITION
Role play is discussion techniques that
makes it possible to get maximum
participation of a group through acting
out.

4. TYPES OF ROLE PLAY
Socio-drama Psycho-drama

5. SOCIO-DRAMA
• It deals with interaction of people with other
individuals or groups, eg mother, nurse,
leader, etc.
• It always involves situations of more than one
person and deals with problems that majority
of the group face in executing their roles.

6. PSYCHODRAMA
• It is mainly practiced in group setting, mainly
concerned with the unique needs and
problems of a particular individual.
• It should not be attempted except under the
guidance of a trained therapist.

7. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
Role play is a systematic process which has
following features:
• Identify need and situation- It should develop
within group and concerns with all members. To
start this process, gather people together,
introduce the problem, and encourage an open
discussion to uncover all relevant issues. This help
people to start thinking about the problem
before the role play begin.
•

8. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
• Purpose-Objectives should be set by all the
members. Make sure that everyone is clear
about the problem that you're trying to work
through, and that they know what you want
to achieve by the end of the session.

9. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
• Briefing –Situation may be presented in the
form of a script to present a frame of
reference.

10. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
• Casting or assigning roles- Once you have set
the scene, identify various fictional characters.
Ask for volunteers. Provide atmosphere which
allows for volunteering or choosing actors. Do
not use own names. Once you identified these
roles, allocate them to the people involved in
role play.

11. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
Act out the Scenario
• Each person can then assume their role, and
act out the situation, trying different
approaches where necessary.

12. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
• Audience participation- Group asked to look
for critical issues.
• Stopping-Cut when purpose is achieved.

13. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
• Discussion and analysis-Actor discuss own performance
first. Group discuss scene. Teacher encourages
discussion, but keeps in background. When you finish
the role play, discuss what you've learned, so that you
or the people involved can learn from the experience.
• For example, if you're using role play as part of a
training exercise, you could lead a discussion on the
scenarios you have explored, and ask for written
summaries of observations and conclusions from
everyone who was involved.

14. PROCESS OF ROLE PLAY
• Evaluation-Observe whether the purpose is
achieved or not.

15. STEPS OF ROLE PLAY
Warming up stage or
select problem
Setting of the stage for
role playing
Preparing of the
observers
Selection of the role
players

16. STEPS OF ROLE PLAY
Enacting the story,
roles and situation.
Enacting again
Re-discussion and evaluation
Deriving generalization
Discussion and evaluation

17. Warmingupstageorselect
problem
It concerns with creation of a
problematic situation or citing of a
problematic experience.

18. Selectionoftheroleplayers
It concerns with selection of students
for playing the specific roles as
demanded bythesituation.

19. Settingofthestageforrole
playing
It concerns with making necessary
environmental setting for role playing
activities.

20. Preparingoftheobservers
It concerns with assignment of the roles of
observers to the students who are not
acting asspecific roles-players.

21. Enactingthestory,rolesand
situation.
Concerning with actual role playing
process. Here the role players may be
asked to enact their specific role as
demanded inthesituation.

22. Discussionandevaluation
It concerns with free and frank
discussion about the qualities
ofroles.

23. Enactingagain
It concerns with re-enaction of the
role playing activities in the light of
the modification suggested in the
phase 6.

24. Re-discussionand
evaluation
It concerns with discussion about the
specific roles, their effects as generating of
responses and deriving useful implications
leading to solid conclusions and educative
experiences.

25. Derivinggeneralization
It concerns with making relevant
generalization and learning useful lesson
applicabletoreallifesituations.

26. ADVANTAGESOFROLE
It is enjoyed
by people
who do it.
It can be used to
arouse the
interest in a
problem.
help the person to
understand the
point of view of the
other people.
It is method which
involves group
participation.

27. ADVANTAGESOFROLE
Individuals
may develop
new skills for
dealing with
problem in
human
relations.
It allows many
feelings that
fundamentally
affect group
process.

28. ADVANTAGESOFROLE
1.Itrequiresexpertguidanceand counseling.
2. It is time consuming in developing group
readiness, should not used when pressure of
timeisthere.
3. The role players strategy becomes effective
only when the players and observers truly
believe in the story or the situation to be
enacted Usually the students do not believe in
what they are doing with their roles as players
orobservers.

29. POINTS TO REMEMBER WHILE CONDUCTING
ROLE PLAYING
1. The time of role play should be brief.
2. Enough time should be allowed for discussion and analysis of the
situation.
3. There should never be one answer to a situation presented.