Designing and Presenting Role-Play Scenarios to Connect Management Concepts and Real-World Business Situations

John Dewey (1916) posited that adapting learning conditions to simulate real life situations was beneficial to education. A wide range of disciplines have implemented role-play exercises to enhance the classroom experience through active learning (Lee & Thue, 2019). An innovative approach is to not only task students to participate in role-play activities but for them to help design these scenarios to feel a part of the entire active learning process. This poster seeks to provide teaching practices of designing and presenting role-playing business scenarios to connect classroom concepts with industry expectations. Dewey, J. 1916. Democracy and education: An introduction to the philosophy of education. New York: Macmillan. Lee, K. S., & Thue, M. I. (2017). Teaching the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Undergraduate Students Through a Role-Play Experiential Learning Exercise. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 34(2), 207–240. https://doi-org.saintleo.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/jlse.1206