The Costs and Benefits of Organizing a Multi-institutional Simulation on the European Union

Sobisch, Andreas; Scherpereel, John A.; Loedel, Peter; Dyke, Gretchen J. Van; Clark, Nick

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74147-5_3

Simulations of Decision-Making as Active Learning Tools

2018

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74147-5_3

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The Costs and Benefits of Organizing a Multi-institutional Simulation on the European Union

Andreas Sobisch

John A. Scherpereel

Peter Loedel

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“…Their use as a teaching tool to engage university students in the curriculum has been widely researched and documented (cf. Hertel and Millis 2002;Jones, 2013;Sobisch, Scherpereel, Loedel, Van Dyke and Clark 2018). However, the employment of simulations as a university outreach tool at the pre-admission stage is less widely explored.…”

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The Effectiveness of Simulations as an Outreach Tool: Using Simulations to Boost Interest in EU-Related Higher Education Study

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The pedagogical effectiveness of active learning methods within university teaching, such as simulations, has been widely acknowledged. There is some evidence that simulations are effective tools at engaging students in the classroom. Yet, empirical evidence of actual impacts on learning are not as well-documented as they could be. Importantly however, little work has been done to see their contribution and impact as an outreach and recruitment tool to bring new students into the social sciences discipline. This article builds on the assumption that simulations can prove effective when used as university outreach tools to enhance interest in pursuing higher education study. We argue that EU-related simulations engaging students in secondary education stimulate their interest in studying European politics and, more generally, international relations at university level. The article relies on data collected through pre-and post-simulation questionnaires completed by the pupils who participated in simulations that took place in six secondary schools between 2016 and 2017. The empirical investigation reveals three key effects of those simulations. First, the simulations enhanced the participants' interest in pursuing university degrees associated with European Union (EU) politics. Second, the simulations increased the participants' self-assessed knowledge of EU politics. Third, the simulations consolidated the participants' perceived importance of understanding how the EU works. Overall, these findings back our claim that EU-related simulations may be used as outreach tools to boost interest in pursuing EU-related subjects in higher education. In the context of the ongoing Brexit process, such a boost is desirable as the understanding of EU politics will continue to be relevant for the future generations of British students.

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The Effectiveness of Simulations as an Outreach Tool: Using Simulations to Boost Interest in EU-Related Higher Education Study

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Alumni Assessments of Soft Skill Formation in an Extended Simulation

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Existing research indicates that participation in simulations contributes to the development of key soft skills, but has tended to rely on contemporaneous self-evaluations. In this paper, we evaluated the degree to which early career professionals who had previously completed an extended simulation class felt that the experience had contributed to the development of soft skills that they used in their professional lives. Survey, interview, and focus group data all show that working professionals in various fields felt that the dynamic nature of the extended simulation contributed to the development of several categories of soft skills and made a strong impact on their careers.

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The Costs and Benefits of Organizing a Multi-institutional Simulation on the European Union

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References 11 publications

The Effectiveness of Simulations as an Outreach Tool: Using Simulations to Boost Interest in EU-Related Higher Education Study

The Effectiveness of Simulations as an Outreach Tool: Using Simulations to Boost Interest in EU-Related Higher Education Study

Alumni Assessments of Soft Skill Formation in an Extended Simulation

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