Boss and Worker: An Active-Learning Exercise in Exploitation and Class Antagonism

Autor/in	Wrye, Jen
Titel	Boss and Worker: An Active-Learning Exercise in Exploitation and Class Antagonism
Quelle	In: College Teaching, 60 (2012) 4, S.140-146 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-7555
DOI	10.1080/87567555.2012.654833
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; Teaching Methods; Classroom Environment; Feedback (Response); Higher Education; Active Learning; Cooperative Learning; Games; Probability; Political Attitudes; Social Class; Social Stratification; Marxian Analysis; Class Activities; Social Systems; Employer Employee Relationship; Scores + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Aktives Lernen; Kooperatives Lernen; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Marxism; Marxismus; Social system; Soziales System
Abstract	The scholarship of teaching and learning increasingly recognizes that active and dynamic instructional models promote better, more holistic, and lasting educational outcomes. This article summarizes an in-class engaged learning activity based on the popular playing card game, "President". This game requires players to exchange cards with each other in such a way to give some a marked advantage over others. For this reason, the game can help students understand how economic inequality operates insidiously in contemporary society. The data indicate that the activity helped students to better grasp concepts such as exploitation, class antagonism, upward mobility, and the myth of meritocracy. Students demonstrated a richer understanding of these concepts as evidenced by their comments on the individual feedback forms and improved exam scores on related questions. Some commentary on the character of their responses and the effect of the activity for the classroom environment are also provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10