Over the past two decades, much attention has been given to the new media culture of video games, due to their unique features and pervasive nature among young people. This book critically examines the role of video games in education, arguing that they encourage strategic thinking, planning, communicating, negotiation skills, multi-tasking and group decision-making. It is also observed that video games promote higher levels of attention and concentration among players.
The book contains multiple perspectives and presents thought-provoking ideas, innovative approaches, systemic exploration, exemplary and promising efforts, and future-oriented scenarios. The book draws together distinguished researchers, educational and curriculum planners, game creators, educational and social psychologists, and instructional designers to explore how video games can transform the future of education.
| ISBN: | 9781433112362 |
| Publication date: | 22nd November 2010 |
| Author: | Myint Swe Khine |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 221 pages |
| Series: | New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies |
| Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy Teacher training Teachers’ classroom resources and material Communication studies Advice on education Information technology: general topics |
Over the past two decades, much attention has been given to the new media culture of video games, due to their unique features and pervasive nature among young people. This book critically examines the role of video games in education, arguing that they encourage strategic thinking, planning, communicating, negotiation skills, multi-tasking and group decision-making.
Learning to Play features in the following genres: Educational strategies and policy, Teacher training, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, Communication studies, Advice on education, Information technology: general topics
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Learning to Play was written by Myint Swe Khine and published by Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Learning to Play has 221 pages
Yes it is part of New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies series