We used a different approach towards teaching and learning in Monday's class. It involved a mock proposal presented by Dr. Langholz and Dr. Knick, and role playing by us students, representing a variety of different parties in the community. The proposal aimed at increasing student achievement in the mock High Stakes Community Schools. Creating this whole scenario and learning experience for us as students obviously took some extended effort from Dr. Langholz and increased cooperation from the class. We spent a significant amount of class time looking over the proposal and discussing it in our respective groups before we actually participated in the presentation of and response to the proposal.
I feel that even though it took an elevated amount of effort from everyone involved, this role playing experience was very successful. It allowed everyone an opportunity to participate, and it was also important that everyone was representing a different viewpoint/opinion on the situation. We were able to evaluate the proposal and had to think critically in order to properly defend our position and be able to question the viewpoints of others. In addition to this, the role playing can also be seen as effective because it actually prompted heated discussion because we had to defend our positions. In my opinion, the role playing process is a legitimate educational technique because it actively involves students, and encourages the analysis, evaluation, and questioning of a situation.
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