Solutions-focused role play provides students with structured opportunities to transfer what they have learned to authentic situations they are likely to encounter as peer helpers. Rather than coming up with a single way to solve a problem, students are encouraged to explore multiple possible solutions. Peer training programs have traditionally…

A variety of ways for teaching children to study the future have been suggested with the emphasis on the ability to solve problems creatively. (RK)

ROLE PLAYING IS AN APPROACH TO GROUP DISCUSSION WHICH ATTEMPTS TO GET MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE ACTING OUT, BY A FEW MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, OF A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THE PROBLEM OR IDEA UNDER DISCUSSION. THE GROUP FIRST DECIDES ON A CONCRETE EXAMPLE, FALLING WITHIN THE AREA OF DISCUSSION, AND DECIDES CHARACTER ROLES AND SETTING. NEXT THE…

The third in a series of six articles on the use of different models for developing creativity and instructional materials focuses on the sociodrama model. (SBH)

Life-sized body puppets are used in role playing situations to facilitate children's problem solving and social skill learning. (CL)

Parent training sessions using videotape demonstration and role playing were effective in teaching six mothers to encourage independent problem solving of household tasks by their language delayed preschoolers. Interaction during problem solving appeared to be more verbal after training. (CL)

This lesson helps participants examine their own attitudes and feelings about being faced with an unplanned pregnancy and understand the difficult choices involved when women need to make a decision about unplanned pregnancy. The lesson uses brainstorming, discussion, an examination of "case studies," and role-playing to help participants develop…

Twenty young people and adults met to explore ways in which they could work together to solve each other's problems. Role reversal was a key factor in the success of the workshop, as it underlined the importance of teen-adult communication. A sample workshop agenda is included. (JMM)

Presented the application of problem-solving strategies in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

Ways of teaching today's youth to live as whole individuals in a complex world are presented. (CK)

Role playing of basic negotiation styles forms the basis of the A-E-I-O-U curriculum (attack, evade, inform, open, unite). Techniques such as position/need analysis, problem solving, and conflict resolution can be applied beyond the classroom to work and personal situations. (SK)

This brief article describes how classroom group time can be "talk central" for children to discuss problems, imagine solutions, even role-play hypothetical situations. It is often in the safety and support of the large group that children develop the tools they need to learn how to resolve the inevitable conflicts that arise throughout life.…