Experiences with a Socio-Environmental Modeling Course

• Autores: Pedro Ribeiro Andrade, Gilberto Camara, Raian V. Maretto, Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Tiago G. S. Carneiro, Flávia da Fonseca Feitosa
• Localización: Modelling in Science Education and Learning, ISSN-e 1988-3145, Vol. 8, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 71-92
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.4995/msel.2015.2811
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Experiências com um Curso de Modelagem Socioambiental
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  • español

    Em um curso de modelagem socioambiental, os alunos precisam aprender diferentes habilidades complementares que incluem a conceptualização de um modelo, diferentes paradigmas de modelagem, programação de computadores, bem como o processo de converter ideias e dados em um programa computacional usando uma determinada ferramenta de modelagem. Esses temas precisam ser ensinados em paralelo para manter uma audiência heterogênea motivada. Com base na experiência obtida com audiências multidisciplinares, este artigo descreve um curso de modelagem socioambiental que explora três paradigmas: dinâmica de sistemas, autômatos celulares e modelagem baseada em agentes. Apresentamos também um pequeno tutorial com alguns dos exemplos usados no curso.

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    In a social-environmental modeling course, students need to learn complementary skills that include the conceptualisation of a model, different modeling paradigms, computer pro- gramming, and the process of rigorously converting ideas and data into a computational program using a given toolkit. Such topics need to be taught in parallel in order to keep a heterogeneous audience motivated. Based on the experience with multidisciplinary au- diences, this paper describes a socio-environmental modeling course that explores three modeling paradigms: System dynamics, Cellular automata, and Agent-based modeling. We also present a small tutorial with some examples developed for the course. 

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