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9781410617200

Virtual Decisions : Digital Simulations for Teaching Reasoning in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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    9781410617200

  • ISBN10:

    1410617203

  • Copyright: 2006-01-11
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Focuses on the special issues related to the use of digital technologies in teaching the complex nature of social decisions with particular attention to the use of digital role-play simulations as a means to accomplish this.

Table of Contents

Preface
Theoretical Frameworks
Practical Contexts and Theoretical Frameworks for Teaching Social Complexity With Digital Role-Play Simulations
A Model for Teaching With Digital Role-Play Simulations
The Curricular Role for Understanding Social Decisions
Simulations in Use and in Progress
PsychExperiments: A Web-Based Resource for Enhancing Science Training Through Simulation
Teaching About Criminal Sentencing Decisions: The Crime and Punishment Simulations
The Poetics of Simulation: An Analysis of Programs in Ethics and Conflict Resolution
Virtual Sex: Creating Environments for Reducing Risky Sex
The ICONS Suite of Negotiation Simulations
Disaster Control: A Simulation for Learning the Skills of Emergency Management
Immersive Virtual Environments and Education Simulations
Current and Future Trends in Digital Role-Play Simuations
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