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The Context Is the Message?! Learning about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through Computerized Simulations in Different National Contexts
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Kampf, Ronit – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Two cross-national experimental studies examined the effects of PeaceMaker and Global Conflicts on knowledge acquisition and attitude change regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PeaceMaker and Global Conflicts are role-playing computerized simulations of this conflict. 248 undergraduate students from Turkey, Israel, Palestine and the US…
Descriptors: Conflict, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology
A New Role Change Approach in Pre-Service Teacher Education for Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of a Student Outreach Lab
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Scharfenberg, Franz-Josef; Bogner, Franz X. – Research in Science Education, 2016
How pre-service teachers (PST) develop pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) during science teacher education is an open research question. Our teacher education module, theoretically based on PCK, specifically combines biology PSTs' education with high school students' biology education and includes an innovative role change approach. Altogether,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Simulating REAL LIVES: Promoting Global Empathy and Interest in Learning through Simulation Games
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Bachen, Christine M.; Hernandez-Ramos, Pedro F.; Raphael, Chad – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
In response to an increasingly interdependent world, educators are demonstrating a growing interest in educating for global citizenship. Many definitions of the "good global citizen" value empathy as an especially important disposition for understanding others across national borders and cultural divides. Yet it may be difficult for…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Citizenship, Educational Games, Empathy