Abstract
In this paper I explore whether role play may be effectively used during
lectures that address controversial moral issues, in order to provide
students with a deeper understanding of various perspectives on the
issues. For the past three years, I have been tutoring and lecturing in the
subject Contemporary Issues in Law & Society (CILS) in the Faculty of
Law at Bond University. One of the objectives of CILS is to encourage
students to explore their opinions with respect to whether or how a
variety of contemporary and controversial topics should be regulated by
law. Some of the topics we address include: same sex marriage, freedom
of expression and pornography, and the mandatory detention of asylum
seekers. I believe role play enhances student learning by providing
students with opportunities to experience firsthand how it feels to be
someone else. Because of my personal interest in refugee issues, this
paper explores the use of role play in teaching about the mandatory
detention of asylum seekers.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Scholarship of learning and teaching @ Bond |
Editors | K Wood, D Knight, S Kinash |
Place of Publication | Gold Coast, QLD |
Publisher | Bond University |
Pages | 150-157 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781922183033 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781922183026 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |