role play method

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SRINIVAS S G


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MEANING OF ROLEPLAY Role playis a simulation in which each participant is given a role to

play. Trainees are given with some information related to description of

the role, concerns, objectives, responsibilities, emotions, etc. Then, ageneral description of the situation, and the problem that each one of

them faces, is given. For instance, situation could be strike in factory,

managing conflict, two parties in conflict, scheduling vacation days,

etc. Once the participants read their role descriptions, they act outtheir roles by interacting with one another.


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ESSENTIALS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE

SELECTING ROLE PLAY METHOD It is the responsibility of the trainer to identify the

objective, need, experience of trainee, the issue or task for

which this method is selected. The focus should be

on maximum involvement of individuals as participants

so that an overall exposure and understanding of attitude,

skills, knowledge, behaviour, expectation, need forimprovement, emotional stability and required

competencies to be identified.


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Objectives of Role play as a training technique-

1) It helps in developing a better understanding of the job

2) It helps in understanding how to handle a particular

situation.

3) It helps in developing better understanding of the issue

and better decision making


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4) It helps in anticipating reaction of other party

5) It helps in developing communication, managementdevelopment and leadership quality.

6) It helps in improvement of interpersonal relationship

7) It helps in providing an insight to understanding behavioural

patterns of others


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Salient Features of Role play as a training method for

learning

a) Learning by doing- Since in this the participant plays

role as per the given circumstances he learns practically and

understands the demand or requirement of skill set to

resolve or get the task done.


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b) Learning through imitation while playing the new

or the expected role the participant gets the feelings about

the other person and tries his best to include and accrue all

traits of the given role. Thus he gets an opportunity to

understand, analyze and reflect the other person

perception and behaviour.


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c) Learning through observation and feedback This

method helps in dual learning .The trainee not only learns

and reinforces the concepts by self learning but also

develops an understanding about a new role. This

approach helps in building good decision making ability,

management capacity and leadership overall.


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d) Learning though analysis and conceptualization

The role 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 task.


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TYPES OF ROLE PLAY Multiple Role Play In this type of role play, all trainees are

in groups, with each group acting out the role play

simultaneously. After the role play, each group analyzes theinteractions and identifies the learning points.

Single Role Play

One group of participants plays the role

for the rest, providing demonstrations of situation. Other

participants observe the role play, analyze their

interactions with one another and learn from the play.


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Role Rotation It starts as a single role play. After the

interaction of participants, the trainer will stop the role

play and discuss what happened so far. Then the

participants are asked to exchange characters. This method

allows a variety of ways to approach the roles.

Role reversal: where a person plays a role opposite to what

he is usually in real life.


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Ghost role play: where the facilitator stands behind the role

player and doubles or ghost plays with him. This becomes

appropriate in a situation where the role player is unable to

identify with the role assigned to him and the role play

does not develop in the required direction.


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Spontaneous Role Play In this kind of role play, one of the

trainees plays herself while the other trainees play people

with whom the first participant interacted before


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Role Plays helps in

Developing interpersonal skills and

communication skills Conflict resolution

Group decision making

Developing insight into ones own

behaviour and its impact on others


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Benefits or outcome of role play as a training

technique

a) It helps in both cognitive and effective development of

trainees and better learning by doing.

b) It permits practice by repetition and helps in better

reinforcement


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c) It also helps in improving human relation since it helps I

developing empathy

d) It helps in making people sensitive towards others

e) It helps in better SWOT analysis of individuals and thus

the feedback given helps in identifying and overcoming the

deficiencies.


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f) It enables the role player to control his behaviour and

enact as if he is enacting in a real life situation

g) It helps in bringing attitudinal changes in the employees

as trainees

h) It is a more practical approach than other technique

since in this they learn by doing and feedback that whether

a behaviour reflected is acceptable or requires change


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Pit falls in role play method

The trainees may discount the value of their learning due

to the artificiality of the situations depicted.

Some role player participants are too timid or self-

conscious to act a role successfully.

Role playing method sometimes deteriorates into play and

fun which jeopardises the seriousness of learning. Over personalising the problem areas is another

disadvantage.


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Role playing loses some of its effectiveness when the

audience is too large

The preparation and presentation of a role play will

demand much time from both trainer and trainee.


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