Role-play In role-plays, real situations are simulated in a safe context. A role-play needs clear instructions and a distinct role allocation, a leader who takes care that the rules are observed and last but not least rules that are evident to each player. The objective of a role-play is so the participants can try out different roles and therefore can learn to diversify their actions and competences. Typical role-plays are used e.g. in the prevention of conflicts. Group division
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There are many different ways to divide groups. It depends on the objective, e.g. to mix the participants again and again to create a team feeling or, on the contrary, to separate certain participants to break up some constellations. A free and independent division of groups demands a high level of social competences from the participants and should therefore only be chosen if the trainer is certain that the result will not have counterproductive effects on the assignment to follow. • Method 1: enumerating 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, ....or 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, ...etc. • Method 2: allot the participants °° Variation: allot the participants with the help of different chocolate flavors (arrange the participants in groups according to their preferred chocolate flavor: happy, nice, perfect after lunch when you need something sweet..) °° Variation: sound-memory: vessels (e.g. film canisters) are filled with different things, two (or three etc.) with the same filling. Each participant gets a vessel and has to “hear” the other member(s) of the group. • Method 3: division of groups by “leader”. This method is only advisable in groups that have a healthy social base, otherwise some members could feel excluded (e.g. when they are chosen as the last...).