Learning to Solve Complex Problems in Simulation.

Hughes, Ian

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ERIC Number: EJ453178

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Publication Date: 1992

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Learning to Solve Complex Problems in Simulation.

Hughes, Ian

Higher Education Research and Development, v11 n1 p1-7 1992

In an instructional exercise at the University of Newcastle (Australia), social work students, staff, and organizations role-play in a simulated city to solve complex problems in a realistic but safe learning context. Experience suggests the extended simulation technique is effective. (MSE)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Professional Education, Role Playing, Simulation, Social Workers, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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