Dealing with Environmental Issues: The Use of Simulation. Environmental Education Occasional Paper No. 5.

Autor/inn/en	Patton, William E.; Wilen, William W.
Institution	Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Office of Environmental Education.
Titel	Dealing with Environmental Issues: The Use of Simulation. Environmental Education Occasional Paper No. 5.
Quelle	(1979), (28 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Stellungnahme; Citizenship Education; Critical Thinking; Decision Making; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Problem Solving; Simulation; Social Action; Social Problems; Social Studies; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Kritisches Denken; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Problemlösen; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Soziales Handeln; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The paper provides a rationale for using a decision-making model in teaching environmental issues, outlines specific steps in creating a simulation, and illustrates its use in the classroom. The objectives of environmental education are to provide learning opportunities for students to know, think, choose, and act regarding pervasive social issues from local to global levels. The primary goal of social simulations is to involve students in approximations of real-life, environmental issues. Ideally, simulations will encourage students to become actively involved in their own preparation to make political, social, and personal decisions. Procedures for a decision-making model include identifying a problem, defining the desired solution, identifying alternatives for accomplishing the desired outcomes, and selecting the best alternative. The hypothetical classroom situation which concludes the document involves applying decision-making procedures to the problem of storage of toxic chemicals near a school playground. (Author/CK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01