Model Answer Unit 5, Activity 3.0, Step A, Using Role Play for In-the-moment Experiences
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Learners can take on a decision making persona that might let them diverge from the confines of their normal limitations or boundaries. A role-play scenario might, for example, allow a senior learner who is hard of hearing to become a young opera singer.
Learners can also transcend the limitations and confines of their care situation.
Both care worker and senior learner are treated as equals in the role-play. They can, for the duration of the game, transcend their usual roles of carer and person who is cared for.
The way role-plays offer new identities beyond the confines of the here and now may provide opportunities for care workers and senior learners to connect in “in-the-moment experiences”.
Both care worker and senior learner can use new learning content and see immediately if it has been understood.
Learners can be creative and imaginative and learn content in a deeper way. They often remember the roles they played longer, too.
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