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This chapter seeks to explain the role of facilitators in gaming simulation. It is the responsibility of facilitators to ensure participants are provided with ample opportunities to learn through gaming simulation in safe environments. Focusing on their role, this chapter discusses the following questions: What is facilitation? What should facilitators do or not do? and What should facilitators consider for a fruitful gaming session? Facilitation begins well before the execution of a game and continues until the end of debriefing, when facilitators help participants process what was learned through the activities that were carried out. Facilitators should anticipate how participants will act and react during and after the game and react appropriately and flexibly. Facilitators are responsible for allowing participants to undertake activities and experience learning transfer in a safe environment throughout the entire process. I hope this chapter provides a supportive push to present/future facilitators who are going to find profound meaning in facilitation.
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Nakamura, M. (2022). Code of Conduct for Facilitators and the Ethics of Debriefing. In: Kikkawa, T., Kriz, W.C., Sugiura, J. (eds) Gaming as a Cultural Commons. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 28. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0348-9_8
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