Scenario-Based Learning: a commonly accepted way to learn When
we introduce a scenario to our students, it can feel like we are
doing something radically different. Actually, scenarios have
been used successfully in many realms of education for hundreds
of years. Museums, apprenticeship programs and law schools are
just a few of the places where scenarios are the standard way
that students learn. Modern museums – on topics other then art –
use scenarios to achieve active learning. In the Museum of
Tolerance in Los Angeles, visitors receive a photo passport card
with the story of a child whose life was changed by the events
of the Holocaust. The Spy Museum in Washington DC has people
participate in a top-secret mission. At the Reagan Library,
children play-act being president and decide whether to invade
Grenada or not. All of these installations have people actively
involved in a scenario in order to learn what it was like at a
different time and place. Apprenticeships have been used
continuously in education