"Our Table Factory, Inc.": Learning Marx through Role Play

Autor/inn/en	Maghbouleh, Neda; Childress, Clayton; Alamo-Pastrana, Carlos
Titel	"Our Table Factory, Inc.": Learning Marx through Role Play
Quelle	In: Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 8 (2015) 2, S.5-28 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1755-2273
DOI	10.3167/latiss.2015.080202
Schlagwörter	Marxian Analysis; Social Systems; Social Sciences; Role Playing; Simulation; Introductory Courses; Sociology; Undergraduate Students; Class Activities; Active Learning; Critical Theory; Social Theories; Teaching Methods; Student Attitudes; Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Marxism; Marxismus; Social system; Soziales System; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Rollenspiel; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Einführungskurs; Soziologie; Aktives Lernen; Kritische Theorie; Gesellschaftstheorie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Marx's critique of capitalism remains foundational to the university social science curriculum yet little is known about how instructors teach Marx. In post-industrial, service-oriented economies, students are also increasingly disconnected from the conditions of industrial capitalism that animate Marx's analysis. Inspired by the discussion of how a piece of wood becomes a table in Marx's "Capital Vol. 1.," "Our Table Factory, Inc." simulates a diverse array of roles in the chain of production into and out of a table factory to understand key concepts: means/mode of production, use/exchange value, primitive accumulation wage/surplus labour, proletariat, bourgeoisie, alienation, false consciousness, commodity fetishism and communist revolution. We describe the exercise and present qualitative and quantitative assessment data from introductory sociology undergraduates across three small teaching-intensive universities in the United States. Findings detail the exercise's efficacy in fostering retention of material and in facilitating critical engagement with issues of inequality. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01