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Process Outcomes:

• Apply problem solving skills in various situations
• Practice note taking
• Use communication skills in a team setting

Value Outcomes:

• See viewpoints through the eyes of other people

Task: To empathize with the needs of handicapped people by pretending to be in a wheelchair for a day, then reporting on the experience in written form.

Task overview: The students will be given a scenario where they get hurt playing a sport and have to be in a wheelchair for a day or so. The students will then have to write about their experiences in the wheelchair and present them to their architectural design team. After each team member talks about their experiences, they will write down some design concerns that they will consider when they design their floor plans.

Wearing Others Shoes (Student Handout)

Scenario: You are at the local gym one day playing basketball with Michael Jordan. You go up for a rebound and Jordan gives you a cheap shot to the legs and breaks both of your ankles. You must be in a wheel chair for at least one day. Being the great thinker that you are, you decide to take some notes on your experience in the wheel chair to better the design of a wheel chair accessible house for the Jones family. Once you have your notes and ideas on how to better your design, you decide that you will share them with Mr. Jones to see what he thinks. This is a great way to get some design ideas so it is important to take good notes.

Wearing Others Shoes

Group Name __________________

Group Members ___________________ __________________ _________________ __________________ ____________________

Copyright 2008, Jon Mueller. Professor of Psychology, North Central College, Naperville, IL. Comments, questions or suggestions about this website should be sent to the author, Jon Mueller, at jfmueller@noctrl.edu.