Simulations, Games, and Experience-Based Learning: The Quest for a New Paradigm For Teaching and Learning

摘要

This article provides an overview of the evolution of experiential instruction theory and practice from its popular emergence in the late 1960s through the present period. Simulations, games, and other experience-based instructional methods have had a substantial impact on teaching concepts and applications during this period. They have also helped to address many of the limi- tations of traditional instructional methods, seven of which are discussed in the article.