Understanding Public Land Management through Role-playing

Challenging What They All Know: Integrating the Real/Reel World into Criminal Justice Pedagogy

“…Included among the many active learning techniques in the current college classroom are debates, experiential learning, games and simulations, role plays, group work, case study analysis, use of films and literature, group work, content analysis, use of pop culture, guest speakers, and field trips (Bernstein, Scheerhorn, and Ritter 2002;Bordt and Lawler 2005;Brown 2006;Dabney, Green, Topalli 2006;Engel 2003;Finley 2004;Jones 2006;Kenselman and Johnson 2004;Leblanc 1998: Levy andMerenstein 2005;Lichtenberg, Lune, and McManimon 2004;Livingston 2004;Misra 2000;Monk-Turner and Payne 2005;Nickoli, Hendricks, Hendricks, and Osgood 2003;Oberle 2004;Patenaude 2001;Payne et al 2003;Quinn, Holman, andTobolowsky 1992:, Robinson 2000;Sellers 2002;Sims 2006;Williams and Robinson 2004;Wolfer and Baker 2000).…”

“…As a pedagogical tool, it has, of course, a long tradition and has been used successfully in a diverse range of courses, from nursing practice (Sellers 2002) to those dealing with land management (Oberle 2004) and architecture (Brown 2006). Sellers (2002) describes the activity as being "derived from the field of psychodrama [and consisting of a] "dramatic, creative teaching strategy in which individuals overtly and consciously assume the roles of others" (p. 498).…”

Using a Virtual National Park to Teach Workplace Skills in Conservation Management

“…Brierley et al, 2002;Oberle, 2004;Hirsch & Lloyd, 2005). This is achieved by making students take on 2005 "Overall the subject increased my understanding of the administration side of the industry."…”

Teaching Negotiation in the Context of Environmental Regulatory Enforcement: An Experiential Learning Approach

“…Oberle (2004) used role-play to teach Downloaded by [University of Sussex Library] at 11:12 08 June 2016 geography students about public land management in Arizona; Cutler and Hay (2000) used role-play to explore the effects of a fictitious tourist development on the island of Rarotonga. In Maryland, Maloof (2006) used field trips and local interviews to teach an environmental issues course.…”