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What is and why using life
simulation? A simulation is a
pedagogical simplified "reality" When you use
simulations you let the participants go into a designed situation that self activate and
make them understand how the world looks like. It’s the simulated situation, which
teach the participants not the teacher/facilitator who is telling what’s right or
wrong. It’s the structure of the simulation and participants drive to do their best
according to their personalities, knowledge and experiences witch make the participants
active. You can also say that a simulation is a pedagogical simplified
“reality”. You can see simulations as a different, fun, emotional an
intellectual way to discover and learn about the word, both in local and global scale. Its
important to point out that the participants are not simulating something but you
simulate situations Simulations create strong
feelings The method create strong
feelings, common experiences and help the participants to discover circumstances and
structures which normally are hidden as for example the function of companies, the
distribution of power, social conditions, important historical events, global conditions
as environment, trade, economy etc. but this is not the limit of what simulations can
offer you. There are simulations about almost all subjects Debriefing is
important If you want a
deeper learning effect it's important that debriefing follows every simulation. It's a way
to help the participants to leave their functional roles and in a structural way and to
connect the experiences from to the simulation to prevailing facts, theories and knowledge
about the subject that has been simulated. Facilitators
have to participate in simulations According to my experiences everybody who wants to be a facilitator/leader of simulations have to have their own experiences as participant in several simulations. You have to know how to prepare, carry out and to debrief simulations before you are able to take the responsibility of being leader of simulations in your classrooms and companies Why using simulations? By a Chinese saying you can express why simulations are such strong powerful tools: I hear and I forget I see and I remember. I do and I understand You can also use another expression to explain why simulations are very useful in all education: If you want to see, first act! This
is what Global
Context can offer you about simulations: The courses and the simulations can
either be carried out/produced in Swedish, English or Spanish If you have
inquires about simulations in general or what Global Context can offer you take contact
with: Yngve Hansson
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