Welfare on $1.50 a Day: Field Work as a Teaching Tool.

Sigelman, Lee

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Publication Date: 1974

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Welfare on $1.50 a Day: Field Work as a Teaching Tool

Sigelman, Lee

Social Studies, 65, 6, 254-256, Nov 74

The author discusses some disadvantages to simulation and gaming techniques. Instead he advocates and examines the educational advantages of student participation in real world field research. Included in the article is an example of a student attempting to live on the amount a person on welfare would receive. Further ideas for student field research are suggested. (DE)

Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Field Experience Programs, Game Theory, Secondary Education, Simulation, Social Studies, Social Welfare, Student Experience, Teaching Methods, Welfare Services

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