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Simulations of Decision-Making as Active Learning Tools

Design and Effects of Political Science Simulations

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Editors:
  1. Peter Bursens

    1. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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  2. Vincent Donche

    1. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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  3. David Gijbels

    1. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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  4. Pieter Spooren

    1. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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  • First volume combining authors and insights from two disciplines: educational science and political science
  • Focuses on detailed features of design such as preparation of students and assessment of students’ performance
  • Discusses the effects of simulations on students learning outcomes, motivation and interest

Part of the book series: Professional and Practice-based Learning (PPBL, volume 22)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Simulations of Decision-Making in Political Science Education

    • Pieter Spooren, Dorothy Duchatelet, Peter Bursens, David Gijbels, Vincent Donche
    Pages 1-9

  3. Design and Assessment of Simulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Learning from Simulations of Decision-Making

      • Peter Bursens, David Gijbels, Vincent Donche, Pieter Spooren
      Pages 13-19

    3. The Costs and Benefits of Organizing a Multi-institutional Simulation on the European Union

      • Andreas Sobisch, John Scherpereel, Peter Loedel, Gretchen J. Van Dyke, Nick Clark
      Pages 21-34

    4. Do Simulations Enhance Decision-Making in the EU Financial Services?

      • John T. Ryan
      Pages 35-49

    5. What’s the EU? Achieving Learning Outcomes and Preparing US Students for EuroSim

      • Rebecca Jones
      Pages 51-61

    6. Mission Impossible? Verisimilitude in EU Simulations

      • Pierpaolo Settembri, Marco Brunazzo
      Pages 63-76

    7. “Will It Blend?” Combining Online and On-Site Elements in Simulation Games

      • Simon Raiser, Björn Warkalla, Annegret Schneider, Konstantin Kaiser
      Pages 77-92

    8. Oranges and Apples? Using Comparative Judgement for Reliable Briefing Paper Assessment in Simulation Games

      • Pierpaolo Settembri, Roos Van Gasse, Liesje Coertjens, Sven De Maeyer
      Pages 93-108

    9. Assessment Strategies in Simulation Games

      • Simon Usherwood
      Pages 109-118

  4. Effects of Simulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. How Simulations of Decision-Making Affect Learning

      • Vincent Donche, David Gijbels, Pieter Spooren, Peter Bursens
      Pages 121-127

    3. Simulating European Climate Policy Negotiations in a Teacher Training Seminar: Which Effects Can Be Detected?

      • Sophie Wulk
      Pages 129-143

    4. Effects of EU Simulation Games on Secondary School Students’ Political Motivations, Attitudes and Knowledge: Results of an Intervention Study

      • Monika Oberle, Sven Ivens, Johanna Leunig
      Pages 145-164

    5. Learning Effects of Negotiation Simulations: Evidence from Different Student Cohorts

      • Morten Kallestrup
      Pages 165-182

    6. Simulations Are No ‘One-for-All’ Experience: How Participants Vary in Their Development of Self-efficacy for Negotiating

      • Dorothy Duchatelet
      Pages 183-199

    7. Simulations of Decision-Making in Political Science Education: Premises, Promises and Challenges

      • David Gijbels, Pieter Spooren, Peter Bursens, Vincent Donche
      Pages 201-206
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This volume brings together both political and educational scientists. While educational research literature has so far not systematically addressed the tool of simulations of decision-making, political scientists have hardly used insights from research on assessment or on motivation and interest of students. Almost all political science publications on simulations merely discuss how to implement the tool in class and fall short of providing evidence of the effects on student outcomes such as increased interest and performance. Combining the two disciplines is mutually enriching. Political science benefits from state of the art educational science measuring and testing of the claims made by the proponents of simulations, while educational sciences adds the systematic analysis of simulations of decision-making to their list of empirical objects, which also adds insights to the theories on the affective component of student learning. It is the explicit aim of the volume to address how simulating decision-making environments fosters learning. Implications for research and practice regarding student learning are addressed in all chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Peter Bursens, Vincent Donche, David Gijbels, Pieter Spooren

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