The chapter supports educators and postgraduate students in understanding the role of simulation in software engineering research based on the authors' experience. This way, it includes a background positioning simulation-based studies in software engineering research, the proposition of learning objectives for teaching simulation as a research method, and presents our experience when teaching simulation concepts and practice. For educators, it further provides learning objectives when teaching simulation, considering the current state of the art in software engineering research and the necessary guidance and recommended learning activities to achieve these objectives. For students, it drives the learning path for those interested in learning this method but had no opportunity to engage in an entire course on simulation in the context of empirical research.

翻译：本章基于作者的经验，支持教育工作者和研究生理解仿真在软件工程研究中的作用。为此，内容包括：在软件工程研究中定位基于仿真的研究的背景、提出将仿真作为研究方法的教学学习目标，并介绍我们在教授仿真概念与实践时的经验。对于教育工作者，本章进一步提供了教授仿真时的学习目标，同时考虑了软件工程研究的最新进展，以及实现这些目标所需的指导建议和推荐学习活动。对于学生，本章为那些有兴趣学习该方法但未有机会参与实证研究背景下完整仿真课程的学习者规划了学习路径。