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Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game Mechanicscan Shape the Future of Education

Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game Mechanicscan Shape the Future of Education

Young, Michael F.
Slota, Stephen T.

Hardcover

Series: Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issue

Games & Activities GeneralGeneral EducationTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1681239361
ISBN13: 9781681239361
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Published: Jul 20 2017
Pages: 302
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Lacking a digital crystal ball, we cannot predict the future of education or the precise instructional role games will have going forward. Yet we can safely say that games will play some role in the future of K-12 and higher education, and members of the games community will have to choose between being passive observers or active, progressive contributors to the complex and often political process of weaving together pedagogy, technology, and culture. This will involve agreeing that games--or, more specifically, game mechanics and the engagement in joyful learning that they engender--are not only critical for shaping online and classroom instruction but also the evolution of schooling as a whole. Likewise, it will involve a hard push beyond questions like Are video games 'good' or 'bad' for education? and Are games 'better' for all students than traditional face-to-face teaching to unpack how game experiences vary with individual learner goals as an interaction with the parameters of an educational environment. Simply put, we need to form a cohesive, compelling argument in support of the notion that games are entire learning ecologies in and of themselves.

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