POLS 4113: Role Playing

Role-Playing

Article presentations and other discussions will use Socratic Dialogues, requiring class members to assume various roles during discussions.
What is a Socratic Dialogue? The Socratic Dialogue format uses role playing, hypothetical case studies, and a roving inquisitor to compel panelists to confront what they would do in situations where the "right" choice is not clear. The question "What would you do?" is different from "What do you think?" in that it drives a participant to reveal how he or she would confront a specific problem. The exercise is designed to identify the perceptions and decision-making processes of all sides and to enable participants to better understand both their own positions and the imperatives driving others' actions. As panelists wrestle with the hypothetical situations, the drama created helps illuminate complex issues in an enlightening way.
(PBS. 1999. Viewer's Guide, Beyond Black and White: Affirmative Action in America [WWWdocument]. URL http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvraceinitiative/beyondblackandwhite/viewer.html#socratic)

These are suggestions for 'characters' to assume when presenting articles and leading discussion in class:

Executive Branch

House

Senate

The President
Carl Cavalli

Republican (Majority) Leadership

Ja'quan Stembridge

______________________________

Republican (Majority) Leadership

Andrew Norton

______________________________

White House Advisors

Olivia Holm
Millie Huerta

Republican Committee Chairs
Libby Crook
Nicolas Worthen
______________________________

Republican Committee Chairs
Jake DiSimone
Ashlyn Clark
Maley McDonald

The Cabinet

Ethan Carver
Marilyn Perez

Democratic (Min.) Committee/Leadership
John Hyatt
Ricarda Urdaneta
______________________________

Democratic (Min.) Committee/Leadership
Abigail Regan
Nicholas Zamudio
Della Bohlen

Each class member must either select one of these roles or suggest another one subject to approval.

Red lines may only be filled after all other lines.

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Article presentations and other discussions will use Socratic Dialogues, requiring class members to assume various roles during discussions. What is a Socratic Dialogue? The Socratic Dialogue format uses role playing, hypothetical case studies, and a roving inquisitor to compel panelists to confront what they would do in situations where the "right" choice is not clear. The question "What would you do?" is different from "What do you think?" in that it drives a participant to reveal how he or she would confront a specific problem. The exercise is designed to identify the perceptions and decision-making processes of all sides and to enable participants to better understand both their own positions and the imperatives driving others' actions. As panelists wrestle with the hypothetical situations, the drama created helps illuminate complex issues in an enlightening way. (PBS. 1999. Viewer's Guide, Beyond Black and White: Affirmative Action in America [WWWdocument]. URL http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvraceinitiative/beyondblackandwhite/viewer.html#socratic)
These are suggestions for 'characters' to assume when presenting articles and leading discussion in class:
Executive Branch		House		Senate
The President Carl Cavalli		Republican (Majority) Leadership Ja'quan Stembridge ______________________________		Republican (Majority) Leadership Andrew Norton ______________________________
White House Advisors Olivia Holm Millie Huerta		Republican Committee Chairs Libby Crook Nicolas Worthen ______________________________		Republican Committee Chairs Jake DiSimone Ashlyn Clark Maley McDonald
The Cabinet Ethan Carver Marilyn Perez		Democratic (Min.) Committee/Leadership John Hyatt Ricarda Urdaneta ______________________________		Democratic (Min.) Committee/Leadership Abigail Regan Nicholas Zamudio Della Bohlen
Each class member must either select one of these roles or suggest another one subject to approval.
		Red lines may only be filled after all other lines.


UNG	POLITICAL SCIENCE	PROJECT DIGNITY	DISCLAIMER