The power station game

Ellington, Henry; Langton, Nancy

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“…The eventual outcome was THE POWER STATION GAME—a competitive planning exercise based on the design of a new 2000 MW power station (see Photo 1). Interested readers can find a detailed account of its development elsewhere (Ellington & Langton, 1975).…”

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How Simulation/Gaming Transformed My Life

Ellington

2012

Simulation & Gaming

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In this invited autobiography, the author describes the impact that educational gaming and simulation has had on his professional career. He begins by reviewing his early life and education in Aberdeen and his subsequent work as a research scientist, schoolteacher, and physics lecturer. He then shows how he changed disciplines from physics to educational technology in 1973, and almost immediately became heavily involved in the development and promotion of educational games and simulations. He describes the first three projects in which he and his colleagues were involved and shows how these led to a wide range of spin-off exercises, most of which were published and marketed by prestigious external bodies. He then describes the contributions that he and his team made to the general promotion of such exercises as educational and training tools and to the theory of game design. Next, he shows how his work as an educational developer diversified during the latter part of his career, covering such areas as academic staff development, distance learning, academic quality, and embedding the systems approach into curriculum development. He concludes by outlining the various things that he has done since he retired from full-time employment in 2001.

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How Simulation/Gaming Transformed My Life

Ellington

2012

Simulation & Gaming

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“…During the last four years, the authors have been involved (inter alia) in the development and evaluation of a number of science-based simulationgames of different types Addinall, 1975a,b, 1976;Ellington, Addinall and Langton, 1975;Ellington, Garrow and Muckersie, 1977;Ellington and Langton, 1975;Ellington, Langton and Smythe, 1977). In the course of this work, they have come to the firm conclusion that a realistic and thoroughly researched scenario developed as the basis of a multi-disciplinary simulation-game can have an educational potential far beyond that achieved in the game itself.…”

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“…In the course of this work, they have come to the firm conclusion that a realistic and thoroughly researched scenario developed as the basis of a multi-disciplinary simulation-game can have an educational potential far beyond that achieved in the game itself. By its very nature, such a scenario has to have a firm basis in a variety of disciplines (eg geography, economics, environmental studies, physics and engineering as in 'The Power Station Game' [Ellington and Langton, 1975;Ellington, Langton and Smythe, 1977]); it thus represents a possible source of realistic, in-depth case studies in all Downloaded by [New York University] at 23:42 08 June 2015 214 PLET, Vol. 14, No.…”

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“…(a) The Power Station Game multi-project conversion kit 'The Power Station Game' is a large-scale multidisciplinary role-playing exercise which was developed in Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen, on behalf of the Scottish Central Committee on Science -the body that advises the Scottish Education Department on matters relating to the school science curriculum (Ellington and Langton, 1975;Ellington, Langton and Smythe, 1977;Ellington and Percival, 1977b). The starting point of the game is the hypothesis that a 2,000-megawatt power station is to be built in a certain area, the object being to reach a decision as to which type of station to build (coal, oil or nuclear) and where to site it.…”

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The Multi‐disciplinary Multi‐project Pack‐‐A New Concept in Simulation/Gaming

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Addinall

1977

Programmed Learning and Educational Technology

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It is argued that science-based scenarios of the type developed for use in multi-disciplinary simulationgames do not, in general, have their educational potential fully exploited in such games. Such scenarios, it is suggested, can constitute a rich source of in-depth case studies suitable for use in the teaching of the various academic subjects that they encompass. Since it is felt that multidisciplinary games of the type developed to date are generally not, in their original forms, suited to this type of exploitation, a completely new type of educational package is proposed -the multi-disciplinary multi-project pack. The general characteristics of such a package, which is envisaged as using a single set of resource materials built round a given scenario as the basis of a number of projects of different types designed for use in the teaching of a wide range of subjects, are discussed. One specific example of such a multi-project pack -the 'PumpedStorage Multi-Project Pack' -is then described in detail, and the article ends by describing a number of other multi-project packs currently being developed.

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“…Some of the big issues have also been treated in this way. There are the simulation exercises of the Science in Society Project (Lewis 1978) and the Nuclear Power Station Game (Ellington and Langton 1975). solar, tidal and wind power (Shaw 1978, Smith 1978, Musgrove 1978 which may be incorporated into the physics lesson, as can aspects of Third World technology.…”

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A framework for humanised physics teaching

Newton¹

1987

Phys. Educ.

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The power station game

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How Simulation/Gaming Transformed My Life

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A framework for humanised physics teaching

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