Synergy across the Curriculum: Simulating the Institution of Postwar Iraqi Government

Autor/inn/en	Austin, W. Chadwick; McDowell, Todd; Sacko, David H.
Titel	Synergy across the Curriculum: Simulating the Institution of Postwar Iraqi Government
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 2 (2006) 1, S.89-112 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
Schlagwörter	Social Problems; Political Science; Educational Objectives; Citizenship Education; International Law; Active Learning; Course Content; International Relations; Simulation; Undergraduate Students; Case Method (Teaching Technique); Policy Formation; Iraq + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social problem; Soziales Problem; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Law of nations; Völkerrecht; Aktives Lernen; Kursprogramm; Internationale Beziehungen; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Case method; Fallmethode; Politische Betätigung; Irak
Abstract	This article describes an undergraduate simulation that formulates Iraqi regimes following the removal of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime. This exercise reinforces student comprehension and awareness for a range of legal and political topics--including group decision making, international law, diplomacy, and human rights--by actively engaging the students in policy formulation and group to group negotiations. In addition to presenting individual course concepts, this activity presents the advantages of multidisciplinary approaches by integrating related disciplines at the United States Air Force Academy. Contemporary social problems, foreign or domestic, require multifaceted solutions presented by particular specializations. Concerning the question of postwar Iraqi justice, political science students use their class expertise to design political institutions and legal studies. Students design the main legal apparatus as students from these respective disciplines then join together to execute the simulation. The four key components of active learning approaches--educational objectives, design parameters, procedures, and assessment and debriefing--are employed providing a full understanding of the goals, set-up, process, and advantages to synergizing across the curriculum for the issue of post-war Iraqi justice. The simulation has been successfully implemented three times with United States Air Force Academy cadets with feedback indicating positive results and providing inputs that modified the initial construct of the simulation. (Contains 4 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10