Birka: A Trading Game for Economics Students

Autor/in	Alden, Lori
Titel	Birka: A Trading Game for Economics Students
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 96 (2005) 4, S.178 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
Schlagwörter	Advanced Placement; Economics Education; Educational Games; Teaching Methods; High School Students; Role Playing; Active Learning; Concept Teaching; Supply and Demand; Computer Software + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftskunde; Educational game; Lernspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rollenspiel; Aktives Lernen; Bedarfsplanung
Abstract	In this article, the author introduces Birka, a strategic trading game for high school economics students in either regular or advanced placement classes. For the game, students assume the role of Vikings who have returned to the medieval outpost of Birka to trade the loot from villages they have plundered. Playing cards represent the loot: spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. To play effectively, students must use marginal analysis to determine whether prospective trades will benefit them, probe constantly for mutually beneficial exchanges that can be exploited, and bid more for cards that are relatively scarce. Birka also can be used to conduct several brief experiments about trade, equilibrium, efficiency, and the costs of government regulation. The game and strategies are further discussed in this article. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10