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More Like Life Itself - Simulations as Powerful and Purposeful Social Studies (Hardcover)
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More Like Life Itself - Simulations as Powerful and Purposeful Social Studies (Hardcover)
Series: Teaching and Learning Social Studies
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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. Today,
despite the growing evidence that simulations have an important
role to play in the teaching of social studies, they remain an
underutilized and undervalued approach to the discipline. One of
the key obstacles to their widespread adoption is the limited
availability of training resources available to social studies
teachers. Teachers need support to develop a new vision of social
studies teaching and learning coupled with practical guidance
necessary to implement simulations effectively. This volume
provides teachers with both. When teachers are able to weave
simulations effectively into the fabric of social studies teaching
and learning, they help to promote social studies experiences that
are both powerful and purposeful. They offer students an experience
of the discipline that is, indeed, More Like Life Itself.
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