The potential of role play in undergraduate psychology training

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Caltabiano, Marie;Errington, Ed;Ireland, Lynette;Sorin, Reesa;Nickson, Amanda
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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.

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Asian Journal of University Education

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Asian Journal of University Education

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14

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Universiti Teknologi Mara

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