Business Simulation Games as Digital Tools for Supporting School Entrepreneurship Education

Author

Panoutsopoulos, Hercules ; Lykourentzou, Maria-Anna ; Sampson, Demetrios G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Digital Syst., Univ. of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

fYear

2011

fDate

6-8 July 2011

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

156

Abstract

During the last few years there has been considerable interest for digital game-based learning. This interest can be attributed to the increased popularity of digital games among school students, as well as to their potential as effective learning environments for collaborative learning-by-doing activities. On the other hand, fostering entrepreneurial mindsets through teaching and learning has been a key priority for entrepreneurship education in Europe. The aim of this paper is to study the potential use of a commercial business simulation digital game, namely "Sims 2 - Open for business", in school entrepreneurship education drawing links with standard curriculum math teaching.

Keywords

business data processing; computer aided instruction; computer games; groupware; management education; mathematics computing; Sims 2 Open for business; business simulation game; collaborative learning-by-doing activity; digital game based learning; effective learning environment; math teaching; school entrepreneurship education drawing link; Context; Educational institutions; Europe; Games; Innovation management; digital game-based learning; school entrepreurship education; school math teaching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens, GA

ISSN

2161-3761

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-209-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-3761

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2011.51

Filename

5992290