Virtual Decisions: Digital Simulations for Teaching Reasoning in the Social Sciences and Humanities

ISBN-13: 9780805849943 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 306 str.

Steve Cohen; Kent E. Portney; Dean Rehberger

Opis

Focuses on the special issues related to the use of digital technologies in teaching the complex nature of social decisions with particular attention to the use of digital role-play simulations as a means to accomplish this.

Recenzje

"[This is] an important book in the field.It is a pioneering work [that] strikes a good balance between addressing the theoretical underpinnings of simulations designed to teach decision-making and more practical information such as examples showing what they are and what they can do."
—Ronald E. Anderson
University of Minnesota

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: Theoretical Frameworks. K. Portney, S. Cohen, Practical Contexts and Theoretical Frameworks for Teaching Social Complexity With Digital Role-Play Simulations. D. Rehberger, A Model for Teaching With Digital Role-Play Simulations. S. Cohen, The Curricular Role for Understanding Social Decisions. Part II: Simulations in Use and in Progress. K.O. McGraw, J.E. Williams, PsychExperiments: A Web-Based Resource for Enhancing Science Training Through Simulation. K.E. Portney, S. Cohen, J. Goldman, S. Simpson, Teaching About Criminal Sentencing Decisions: The Crime and Punishment Simulations. R. Cavalier, The Poetics of Simulation: An Analysis of Programs in Ethics and Conflict Resolution. L.C. Miller, S.J. Read, Virtual Sex: Creating Environments for Reducing Risky Sex. V. Asal, The ICONS Suite of Negotiation Simulations. J. O'Looney, M.P. Dodd, Disaster Control: A Simulation for Learning the Skills of Emergency Management. J. Blascovich, J. Bailenson, Immersive Virtual Environments and Education Simulations. C. Thorsen, Current and Future Trends in Digital Role-Play Simuations.

O autorze

Edited by Cohen, Steve; Portney, Kent E.; Rehberger, Dean; Thorsen, Carolyn