Teaching Ethics Using Simulations: Active Learning Exercises in Political Theory
Teaching Ethics Using Simulations: Active Learning Exercises in Political Theory
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使用模拟进行伦理学教学：政治理论中的主动学习练习
DOI：
10.1080/15512169.2019.1568879
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Christopher Robichaud
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作者：
Tomer J. Perry;Christopher Robichaud
摘要 模拟是一种极好的教学工具，已应用于许多学科，包括政治学的各个子领域，尤其是国际关系领域。我们专注于在课堂上采用模拟来补充围绕政治理论和职业道德和道德哲学等相关领域的教学法的价值。我们相信，模拟为学生参与道德决策提供了具体的背景，鼓励他们将理论与实践联系起来，从而为这些科目的教学提供了独特的教育效益。我们认为，如果模拟能够为学生提供身临其境的体验，让他们面临具有道德意义的选择，那么模拟就可以实现这一目标。此外，我们声称，游戏设计理论和实践为设计模拟提供了一套有用的工具，可以做到这一点。在本文中，我们讨论了使用模拟来教授规范理论的教育效益，并借鉴游戏设计理论中的一些思想，提出了指导我们设计这些模拟的原则。最后，我们展示了我们编写和运行的初选竞选管理模拟。
Abstract Simulations are an excellent tool for teaching and have been used in many disciplines including in various subfields of political science, notably in international relations. We focus on the value of employing simulations in the classroom to complement the pedagogy surrounding political theory and related fields such as professional ethics and moral philosophy. Simulations, we believe, provide a unique educational benefit to the teaching of these subjects by supplying a concrete context for students to engage in ethical decision making, encouraging them to relate theory to practice. Simulations can achieve this goal, we argue, if they provide students with an immersive experience that confronts them with ethically significant choices. Further, we claim, game design theory and practices offer a useful tool set for designing simulations that can do exactly that. In this article, we discuss the educational benefits of using simulation to teach normative theory and present the principles that guide us in designing these simulations, drawing on some ideas in game design theory. Finally, we present a primaries campaign management simulation we have written and ran.