Role Play in Economics: Experience with Scripted Role Play in Environmental Economics


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.

Key Words:role playing, teaching technique, environmental economics

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