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Teaching the Middle Ages through Modern Games - Using, Modding and Creating Games for Education and Impact (Hardcover)
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Teaching the Middle Ages through Modern Games - Using, Modding and Creating Games for Education and Impact (Hardcover)
Series: Video Games and the Humanities
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Games can act as invaluable tools for the teaching of the Middle
Ages. The learning potential of physical and digital games is
increasingly undeniable at every level of historical study. These
games can provide a foundation of information through their stories
and worlds. They can foster understanding of complex systems
through their mechanics and rules. Their very nature requires the
player to learn to progress. The educational power of games is
particularly potent within the study of the Middle Ages. These
games act as the first or most substantial introduction to the
period for many students and can strongly influence their
understanding of the era. Within the classroom, they can be
deployed to introduce new and alien themes to students typically
unfamiliar with the subject matter swiftly and effectively. They
can foster an interest in and understanding of the medieval world
through various innovative means and hence act as a key educational
tool. This volume presents a series of essays addressing the
practical use of games of all varieties as teaching tools within
Medieval Studies and related fields. In doing so it provides
examples of the use of games at pre-university, undergraduate, and
postgraduate levels of study, and considers the application of
commercial games, development of bespoke historical games, use of
game design as a learning process, and use of games outside the
classroom. As such, the book is a flexible and diverse pedagogical
resource and its methods may be readily adapted to the teaching of
different medieval themes or other periods of history.
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