Learning through roleplaying: promoting exploration, experimentation and agency

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Roleplaying is becoming a popular device for learning. It allows participants to step into important roles, socially experiment and take risks in a safe supportive environment. It promotes adventure, curiosity, and agency, and can be done anywhere.

Speakers will open the sessions by providing examples of roleplaying in diverse educational settings. Participants will be introduced to role-playing methods, narrative crafting, and how to facilitiating roleplaying with a group. Participant will then embark on a roleplaying journey themselves, guided by the speakers.

Participants will be provided with personas, and a list of objectives they must complete in teams through collaborative storytelling. Particpants will be challenged to use probelm solving, quick thinking and communication skills. Throughout the session participants experience into the power of collaborative story telling and the skill building roleplaying offers.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2023
Publication statusPublished - 2023
EventECSITE 2023: THE EUROPEAN SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE - Valletta, Malta
Duration: 15 Jun 202317 Jun 2023
https://www.ecsite.eu/conference/programme-

Conference

ConferenceECSITE 2023
CountryMalta
CityValletta
Period15/06/202317/06/2023
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