The role I created fr the online role play was 'Alison Lee, a mother, Pro.' She is very conservative women who has a strong Asian background. Her daughter is very good at math and science. Therefore, her concern is not on the fact that boys are better at math than girls. She is not pleasant with the fact that her daughter might be distracted by boys. She believes that students only need to study until they goes to a college. Based on her traditional belief, she agree that the same-sex class will be effcient and better system for student's sucess.
I could not participated in the online role-play because I had to go to Hawaii to present at the conference. I was going to participate in the discussion from Hawaii but my laptop was broken.
Even though I did not participate in the discussion, I had a question about online role play. I wonder how the role-play would be different between when students choose the position that they really agree on and when they have to choose a role which does not match theirs.
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It sounds like you created a good "persona" for the role play. Too bad you weren't able to participate.
About your question: we did talk about this a little bit in class. My answer is that I think it would be beneficial for students to argue "for" positions that they don't necessarily agree with. It might be more difficult for them, to argue "for" things they don't agree with, but it would teach them to objectively consider all positions and the assumptions, beliefs, and values behind all positions. Like the saying goes, "We don't know a person until we've walked a mile in their shoes." Choosing a role which matches their own position might be easier, but the difficulty might then become not being careful or thorough enough in their research.
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