For the terms are often used interchangeably or confused with similar methods such as ‘games’ and ‘gaming’ (Shaw 2010). What is defined as a role-play and/or a simulation is not immediately clear from the teaching literature. This way simulation is a form of Role Playing where in student teachers display this skill spontaneously. This skill is used by teachers and students in the class room by playing some role without any preliminary training i.e. Interest is aroused in the students through, Roe LE-PLAYING, while teaching. The word ‘Simulation’ means to imitate exactly. Meaning and Definitions of Simulation technique/ Skill In essence this can include any method that asks students to help develop and apply their own knowledge (Shaw 2010). This form of teaching also includes group discussions, debates, collaborative projects and internships. Both methods fall into a larger body of teaching strategies often-labeled ‘active learning techniques’. Examples can be found stretching back over fifty years across a variety of disciplines including law, psychology, business and politics.
The use of role-plays and simulations within higher education is not a new development. It is the evidence of the importance of simulation technique.
The International “simulation and games Association “was formed in Germany in1970. The national games council was established in 1961 in USA. The advantages of the technique has been appreciated all over the world by educationist. The simulation technique has been applied successfully in the last decade in education. For example At first, chess was assumed as the original form of the war game, later on it developed into more serious and sophisticated military game to train new soldiers. Since a long time ago, simulation has been used by human and even by animasl to train their young ones for adaptation with their environment.
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