THE SIMULATED CASE AS A TRIGGER FOR MEANINGFUL LEARNING
Authored by @madridbg, via Power Point 2010, using public domain images.
Greetings dear members of this prestigious platform, in my last publications we have been addressing the need to move towards quality education, so we have made an analysis of the science, technology and society approaches, in addition to the study we have done in order to achieve scientific literacy.
In both approaches, we were able to establish the importance and fundamental role of the teacher to achieve the educational objectives embodied at the curricular level. In this sense, continuing with this line of writing, we will be analyzing the use of the simulated case as a triggering strategy for lasting and quality learning.
Conceptually we can establish that the simulated case is a strategy that allows establishing real and everyday situations so that students can give answers according to their needs and knowledge obtained and guided by the teacher.
Fig. 2. Presenting real problems will activate students' creativity and passion. Author: jambulboy
The educational approach according to the scholars of the simulated case, can be developed through argumentative skills of debate type, which encourages student participation in order to get out of routine situations in the classroom, likewise promotes the confrontation of ideas based on issues of social, environmental, technological and scientific interest, driven by the teacher.
In general terms, the simulated case is based on the premise of constructing a fictitious but credible news item that allows students to question themselves and carry out an investigative process that allows them to argue about the scenario from a social, environmental and technological point of view.
Among the purposes of the simulated case are:
1. To arouse interest, the approaches must be attractive and in some cases exaggerated so that students feel interest in the scenario presented.
2. Enable the identification of social problems, as well as possible solutions to them.
3. It represents an educational alternative, where it allows social, scientific and technological learning.
4. The passion of the game itself without the excess of prejudices and personal implications that would involve discussing real controversies, before which there may be predefined positions.
5. Argumentative skills of social type, that is, based on real information and finally the arguments from the technological vision.
Undoubtedly the simulated case represents an excellent alternative to achieve a harmonious meshing of topics of social, environmental, technological and scientific interest where the student himself is responsible for building his own learning, under strict guidelines made by the teacher.
Fig. 3. It is necessary to achieve an education that awakens the interest of students. Author: harishs
While it is true that the current educational conditions are not the most ideal, teachers have the capacity to adapt the strategy according to the needs of a society that has been ravaged by the current pandemic.
In this regard, if you found this contribution timely I invite you to leave your perspective in the comment section.
CONSULTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
[1] María del Carmen Casal Angulo Simulation as a methodology for learning non-technical skills in nursing. Doctoral Thesis. Article: Online Access
[2] Garcias y Col. (2001). Science, Technology and Society: a conceptual approach. Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI).. Article: Online Access
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Hello @madridbg!
Certainly, the use of simulation in the educational environment offers its advantages. Particularly in the area where I work, chemistry, it allows to motivate students, at the time of simulating they can observe the possible mistakes they can make when performing the practical experience and vary the conditions, this before going to the laboratory and perform their experiments in person. It gives them more confidence and security. Good contribution, greetings!
hello @madridbg,
at the beginning of the article I had not understood it, but I agree that it is possible to achieve a deeper education if teachers simulate an event to discuss it in depth, I imagine that after the pandemic the educational models will change and more efficient teaching models will be implemented.
Greetings friend @madridbg. It really seems to me a good technique, as teachers, the methods we use in teaching should stimulate the critical and investigative attitude of students and motivate the development of cognitive interests that link school with life. And this technique is a good way to link the student with topics of current interest and their environment.
Greetings @madrigbg, excellent topic you have presented, although the pandemic hinders the objective application of this strategy, technology plays a key role in this time so that this strategy can be carried out only depends on the creativity of the teacher to apply it through technological means.
I have visited you several times and you are always looking for the best way to teach... congratulations! adapting this strategy would be one of the great challenges that this pandemic leaves us and we would surely be able to...