ERIC Number: ED016938
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1973
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SIMULATION EXERCISES IN AREA TRAINING. PAPER PRESENTED IN A SYMPOSIUM AT THE 1965 ARMY HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE.
STEWART, EDWARD C.
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES AND CONTENT ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO SUPPLEMENT CURRENT AREA TRAINING PROGRAMS. SIMULATION WAS CHOSEN AS THE TECHNIQUE, AND EXERCISES WERE DEVELOPED WHOSE CONTENT EMPHASIZED THE AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE FOREIGN, HOST CULTURE. THESE EVOLVED AS A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS AND VALUES AND A CONTRASTING SET, CONCEIVED FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY, CALLED CONTRAST AMERICAN ASSUMPTIONS AND VALUES. WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE INTRODUCTION AND CRITIQUE, THESE EXERCISES HOLD PROMISE OF ACHIEVING THEIR TRAINING OBJECTIVES. THE DOCUMENT, AD-660-012, IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPRINGFIELD, VA. 22151. MICROFICHE $0.65. HARD COPY $3.00. 11 PAGES. (AUTHOR)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Research, Simulation, Sociocultural Patterns, Training Methods
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Authoring Institution: George Washington Univ., Alexandria, VA. Human Resources Research Office.
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