Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds - Commercial Video Games as Educational Tools (Hardcover)

Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills. The result of almost ten years spent discovering video games, learning to play, conversing with their designers and distributors, and working in the classroom with young people and teachers, Lacasa's work uncovers the educational value already present in commercial video games and shows how to integrate games for learning purposes into the curriculum. It is invaluable for anyone wishing to discover the cultural and educational value of this new form of entertainment in an interdisciplinary environment in which psychology, sociology, art, literature, graphic design, and computer programming are all present.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Digital Education and Learning
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	P. Lacasa
Foreword by:	Henry Jenkins
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-31204-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational resources & technology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-31204-1
Barcode:	9781137312044

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