Teaching students how to be revolutionaries or reformers: a course simulation

Abstract

Simulations can often be used to internationalize a course and even a curriculum. For faculty that teach international and comparative courses, simulations can often provide students with an opportunity to see beyond their own country. In developing a course on political revolutions, I created a simulation in which students role‐played either a reformer (i.e., a government official) or a revolutionary in order to understand the complexity of life in other countries. This article discusses my efforts in creating the simulation and the inherent problems in designing course‐specific simulations.

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* Department of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, USA. Email: [email protected]

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Steven D. Roper *

* Department of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, USA. Email: [email protected]