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Social Studies Simulations-A Challenge for the Compentences of Not Only the Czech Students

Authors

DRAŽILOVÁ FIALOVÁ Dana

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Bonds & Bridges - Facing the Challenges of the Globalizing World with the Use of Simulation and Gaming
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web http://www.poltext.pl/szukaj.htm
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords social studies simulation; key competences;attitudes;Q-methodology
Description The contribution presents the results of a pilot study research within a doctoral thesis regarding educational simulations and their impact on attitudes of students towards social responsibility.Results of the quantitative part of the pilot study are shown as well as the insight into a promising approach measuring attitudes- the Q-methodology. Showing the shift in individual attitude components cognitive, emotional and behavioral the author explains the potential of role-play element in educational simulations used in the research for the emotional component of the attitudes. The new principles regarding the educational outcomes of the Czech Republic curricular politics are explained briefly focusing on attitudes and the possibility to alter them with the help of educational simulations.
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