ERIC Number: EJ987839
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 10
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DEVELOPMENT MONOPOLY: A Simulation Game on Poverty and Inequality
Ansoms, An; Geenen, Sara
Simulation & Gaming, v43 n6 p853-862 Dec 2012
DEVELOPMENT MONOPOLY is a simulation game that allows players to experience how power relations influence the agency of different socioeconomic groups, and how this can induce poverty and inequality. Players alter the original rules of the MONOPOLY board game so that they more accurately reflect social stratification and inequalities in the context of developing countries. After the game, the players reflect on how they could be made more inclusive and pro-poor. In an individual debriefing, they are invited to think about the connections between game dynamics and contemporary evolutions in developing countries. In a final collective debriefing phase, participants discuss the ways in which the simulation experience enhanced their understandings of poverty and inequality.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Simulation, College Instruction, Instructional Materials, Instructional Effectiveness, Classroom Research, Lesson Plans, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Guides, Facilitators (Individuals), Educational Strategies, Reflection, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Case Studies, Pretests Posttests, Student Surveys, Poverty, Developing Nations, Social Justice, Power Structure, Social Environment, Economics, Economic Progress, Economic Development, Economic Opportunities, Barriers, Social Stratification, Graduate Students, Socioeconomic Status
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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