The Reality of Role Play: Pre- and Post- 9/11: A Teachable Moment

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  • Carol L. Langer University of Nebraska at Omaha

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On Monday, September 10, 2001, the author entered her macro social work methods class with a role-play assignment asking the students to be citizens of a rural community in West Virginia. Having given such assignments for more than 15 years, she was comfortable that networking, coalition building, Roberts Rules, and formal processing would be the expected outcomes. They were to meet again on September 12. The world changed on September 11, and the assignment became real in a way that the author could not possibly have anticipated. The learning outcomes also went far beyond her predictions.

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Langer, C. L. (2014). The Reality of Role Play: Pre- and Post- 9/11: A Teachable Moment. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 10(4), 62–66. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/1204

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