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Simulations can serve as a powerful tool for providing students with a first cut at
understanding and responding to issues stemming from diversity and clashing
perspectives at the global level. They help students step outside of themselves and
approach problem solving situations from the perspective of another. Because the
simulations used here focus on negotiations they place a premium on reaching agreement
and reduce the incentive for posturing. At the same time, because this is an active
learning experience, the instructor must be willing to allow a negotiation to fail. While
these simulations are decidedly “low tech” they can easily be supplement by using
Blackboard or other electronic mediums to foster exchanges outside of the classroom if
the instructor wishes or has a different set of course objectives.
As a senior capstone experience the simulations course offers student a
challenging alternative to the standard format of reading text material and producing a
lengthy research paper. The traditional seminar provides students interested in graduate
school an excellent preparatory experience. For those not interested in continuing their
education this format is often off-putting. It is one they see as having little value for
them. The simulations course actively engages them in the material and prompts them to
learn lessons from these negotiations.
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