Position Mapping is a strategy that involves an object in the centre of the room (e.g. a chair). The teacher can explain to the students that the object represents an issue (e.g. discrimination, comfort with drama) and then the students must pick a spot in the room, relative to the object in the middle, which describes their views, feelings, and/or knowledge of the issue. For example, when discussing the comfort with drama, students can be sitting on the chair (the object in the middle), while others are about to walk out the door of the classroom. This would of course represent students being extremely comfortable with drama, and some students not wanting to have anything to do with drama. The teacher can then choose whether or not to have students explain their position (e.g. through the "Tap-In" strategy).
Position Mapping in Role is very similar, however students must take their positions based on their role. For example, if the object in the middle of the room represents the issue of discrimination, students can take on the role of Martin Luther King and stand really close to the chair because discrimination has affected him (Martin Luther King) a lot. Or, the student can be in the farthest corner all curled up because he/she is a newborn baby who has not yet been affected by discrimination.
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