Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 30, No. 2
Issue: Spring 1999
Pages: 127-132
Author(s): Dave Alden
Address (Principal Author):Dave Alden, 34 Gillies Street, Curtin, ACT 2605, Australia (+61 2) 6272 5180
Internet Address (Principal Author):david.alden@afma.gov.au
Title: Role Play in Economics: Experience with Scripted Role Play in Environmental Economics
Abstract: Role playing may engage students more effectively than lectures. The risk of role play is that students often wander from the intended central themes. Part of a scripted role play from an environmental economics course is presented to illustrate how scripting offers a solution to this problem.
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