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Learning Through Simulations

Ideas for Educational Practitioners

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Authors:
  1. M. Laura Angelini

    1. Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’, Valencia, Spain

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  • Contains numerous step-by-step simulation procedures and case studies
  • Reconceptualises the concept of classroom simulation
  • Addresses simulation from a dialogical learning and critical thinking point of view
  • Includes a special chapter on professional development

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Background

    • M. Laura Angelini
    Pages 1-11

  3. Simulations

    • M. Laura Angelini
    Pages 13-42

  4. Professional Development Through Peer Observation and Feedback

    • M. Laura Angelini
    Pages 43-47

  5. Case Studies

    • M. Laura Angelini
    Pages 49-60

  6. Conclusions

    • M. Laura Angelini
    Pages 61-62
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About this book

This book is written for teacher educators who are looking for strategies to teach a foreign or second language in a more meaningful way whilst applying active methodologies to develop critical thinking skills. The book is designed to guide the readers through a series of simulations that provide challenging learning opportunities, similar to the ones experienced in real life, whereby each simulation is designed to support participants’ language and critical thinking skills and their abilities as future teachers.

The book first introduces the concept of simulations in education. Then it provides examples of fully developed simulations and instructions for their implementation, a template for the readers to create their own simulations, as well as suggestions for peer classroom observation and professional development. Finally, three case studies exploring student learning through simulations are presented.

This book is a useful teaching resource for teacherinstructors, English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language students, secondary school teachers and for language institutions.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’, Valencia, Spain

    M. Laura Angelini

About the author

M. Laura Angelini is associate professor and researcher at Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’, accredited by the National Quality Assessment and Accreditation Agency of Spain (ANECA). Her research aims to determine whether simulation and gaming leads to improvement in English as foreign language production skills along with critical awareness over global issues, especially educational issues. She is the lead researcher of the Interdisciplinary Group on Active Learning and Assessment (IGALA) and in her courses she integrates active learning methods and techniques to train future teachers. She is the author of several articles on the effectiveness of simulations in language learning that can be consulted at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M_Laura_Angelini.





Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning Through Simulations

  • Book Subtitle: Ideas for Educational Practitioners

  • Authors: M. Laura Angelini

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65540-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65539-6Published: 15 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65540-2Published: 15 January 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 62

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Education, general, Teaching and Teacher Education, Pedagogic Psychology, Applied Linguistics

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