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Learning to Learn; Learning to Win: How to Succeed in the Simulated World of Model NATO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Andrey A. Meleshevich  and
Howard Tamashiro
Andrey A. Meleshevich
Affiliation:
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Howard Tamashiro
Affiliation:
Allegheny College
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Simulations and role-playing exercises have been used effectively as a teaching device in all areas of political science and international relations. One such simulation, with 20 years of success, is the Model NATO Conference, currently sponsored annually in Washington, D.C., by Howard University and Kent State University's Center for International and Comparative Studies. Model NATO is an intercollegiate, competitive, and experiential learning exercise that models the decision-making and crisis management processes of NATO. Student delegations, representing different NATO member-countries, negotiate consensus agreements while promoting their often conflicting national interests. According to the Model NATO web site, this competition is designed to

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 865 - 869
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2008

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