Usefulness of Role-Playing Teaching in Construction Education: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Designing and delivering courses that impart essential learning objectives such as problem solving skills, decision making skills, communication skills, teambuilding, and leadership skills are critical for construction education. Considering the complexity of the construction industry, it is of utmost importance to adopt student centered pedagogical strategies for their benefits. One such approach is role-playing teaching that has been successfully implemented in a number of construction programs as well as in various other disciplines. The strategy provides a unique opportunity to the students to assume roles of different project stakeholders and solve real life problems that have been replicated in the classrooms. This paper introduces the concept of role-playing teaching along with the benefits, and also identifies the probable courses in a typical construction program that can be benefitted from the adoption of this pedagogical strategy.