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ID095642
Title ProperTeaching students how to fail
Other Title Informationsimulations as tools of explanation
LanguageENG
AuthorSasley, Brent E
Publication2010.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Instead of always teaching students how to succeed-as is the norm in higher education-it might also be useful to teach them about failure. Understanding failure (that is, why actors fail to reach common objectives in inter-group settings) gives students deeper insight into how to resolve global problems, and the conditions under which success can be achieved. This enhances student awareness of complexity in world affairs, including the nature of inter-group relations. Simulations are a good way to teach students about the possibility of failure, and how to learn from it, because they allow students to go through the learning process on their own. In this article I discuss how a simulation I ran on Middle Eastern politics can be used as an example of how to instruct students about failure as much as about success.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Studies Perspectives Vol. 11, No. 1; Feb 2010: p61-74
Journal SourceInternational Studies Perspectives Vol. 11, No. 1; Feb 2010: p61-74
Key WordsActive Learning ;  Failure ;  Simulations ;  Middle East Politics