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Smith, Hayden; Michelsen, Niall – Journal of Political Science Education, 2017
Utilizing a web-based simulation Statecraft, we explore the relative influence of ideology (realism and idealism) on student behavior and learning. By placing students into ideologically cohesive groups, we are able to demonstrate the effect of their ideology on the goals they pursue and identify the constraints imposed on the system by the…
Descriptors: Political Science, Ideology, Computer Simulation, Foreign Policy
Levintova, Ekaterina M.; Mueller, Daniel W. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
One of the difficulties in teaching global sustainability in the introductory political science classes is the different emphases placed on this concept and the absence of the consensus on where the overall balance between environmental protection, economic development, and social justice should reside. Like many fuzzy concepts with which students…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Simulation, Lecture Method, Economic Development
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Goldstein, Gerald S.; Moses, Leon N. – Journal of Economic Literature, 1973
Concentrates on studies of growth, composition (industry and population), and spatial form of urban areas--models of growth and intraurban land use, and urban simulation and efforts to build large scale statistical models for analyzing the impact of government policies on patterns of urban development. (RJ)
Descriptors: Economic Research, Government Role, Land Use, Models