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    612-822-4611

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More Like Life Itself: Simulations as Powerful and Purposeful Social Studies

More Like Life Itself: Simulations as Powerful and Purposeful Social Studies

Wright-Maley, Cory

Paperback

Series: Teaching and Learning Social Studies

General EducationGeneral SociologyTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1641133201
ISBN13: 9781641133203
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Published: Oct 29 2018
Pages: 322
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

John Dewey wrote in multiple places that education should be an experience of the content and processes of life itself. Too often, social studies is taught in a way that tells students about real-life, but fails to engage them in the process of life for which Dewey advocated. The core purpose of simulations is to reflect the processes, events, and phenomena expressed in a variety of real-life domains. They engage students in these reflections of real life meaningfully, as active agents who have the power to make decisions that impact the direction of events and that lead to both intended and unintended consequences. Because of the nature of simulations, students who participate in them are able to build their capacities to think in complex and critical ways.

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