The potential of role-play in undergraduate psychology training / Marie Caltabiano … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Caltabiano, Marie, Errington, Ed, Sorin, Reesa, Nickson, Amanda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UiTM (UiTM Press) 2018
• Subjects: Educational psychology; Institutions of higher education; Student affairs services. Student personnel administration
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21905/1/AJ_MARIE%20CALTABIANO%20AJUE%2018.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21905/

This paper reports on the use of role-play as a scenario-based learning approach in the teaching of counselling skills, client assessment and diagnostic interviewing within psychological training. While role-play is not a new technique in teaching such skills, its use is generally reserved for the training of higher level students. This paper explores the use of role-play for undergraduate training, its usefulness and how ambiguity and uncertainty can be incorporated into scripts for more effective training. Through a process of constructivist learning, students arrive at meaning between each other in how they approach even improvised role scripts.