Some examples in video - ethical development program

Foundation for research in Ethical Development - 2011

Some examples in video

ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – OUR SIMULATORS


We have a set of videos comparing the attitudes of children in pilot groups (going through the program) or in control groups (not attending the program) reacting to the same dilemmas.

The dilemmas are set up in the context of a simulator.

Our simulators are collective board games.

Each of them is setting a situation close to reality (that’s why we call them simulators because they “simulate” reality), in which people will – in a fun and motivating way – experience communication and interactions, test their ethical development by observing the decisions they make and their consequences on others, analyze and possibly modify their behavior in real time.


Ecological simulator

In here, the children have to live 30 years in an ecosystem where the resources are limited in quantity and to survive they have to look for food, housing, clothing and the living conditions are particularly tough (natural disasters, etc.).

At one moment, a tribe of strangers arrives in the ecosystem, and here is what's happening with the children:


In pilot group (attending the program)


In control group (not attending the program)

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Here we have the final collec/ve reflec/on about what happened in the game in a pilot group:


Social simulator

In this simulator, the children have to live 30 years in a town, earn a living, building an economy, organizing life, etc. Crisis and difficulties occur (unemployment, bank crisis, etc.) as in real life.

At the end of the 6 sessions, here is the analysis the children make of what happened in the game:


Ideological simulator

In this simulator, children travel from planet to planet, each one representing an ideology. On these planets, children are confronted to dogmas to which they have to answer with wisdom. A wise answer doesn’t contain another dogma, doesn’t contain a judgment, and it helps the other to reflect on his view and reach new level of conscience.



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