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Peadar Donohoe – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2020
Ascertaining if non-drama specialist teachers would be able to use role-play to help reduce bullying in their classrooms was the key aim of a longitudinal two-year pilot study conducted in an inner-city school in Ireland. The study combined qualitative and quantitative elements, including ongoing teacher feedback (oral and written), student focus…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Role Playing, Bullying, Victims
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Riain, Isobel Ní; Dawson, Ciarán; McCarthy, Marian – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
The following article is based on a piece of qualitative research on the use of role-play in a literature module in the Modern Irish Dept. of University College Cork, Ireland, in 2015. There were 18 students involved in the research. The aim of the research was to investigate if students associate learning with the use of role-play in literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Role Playing, Teaching Methods
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Hack, Catherine Jane – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Using the delivery of a large postgraduate distance learning module in bioethics to health professionals as an illustrative example, the type of learning activity that could be enhanced through delivery in an immersive virtual world (IVW) was explored. Several activities were repurposed from the "traditional" virtual learning environment…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Graduate Study, Distance Education
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Sweeney, Catherine; O'Sullivan, Eleanor; McCarthy, Marian – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Palliative care is a complex area of healthcare best delivered by an interdisciplinary team approach. Breaking bad news is an inherent part of caring for people with life-limiting conditions. This study aims to explore an interdisciplinary breaking bad news role-play in a palliative care module. Participants were undergraduate medical and nursing…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Role Playing, Integrated Activities, Caring
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Patterson, Jennifer – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This chapter examines a specific aspect of digital media use, namely the viewing of violent content amongst a male adolescent cohort aged 15-17 years. It is a qualitative study that examines the online practices of fourteen male adolescents, with particular emphasis placed on their understanding of violence. The participants offer the researcher…
Descriptors: Violence, Masculinity, Video Games, Content Analysis
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers