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Playful Teaching, Learning Games: New Tool for Digital Classrooms

By Nicola Whitton , Peter Whitton (auth.) , Myint Swe Khine (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
SensePublishers
Year
2011
ISBN
9460914586, 9789460914584, 9460914594, 9789460914591
DOI
10.1007/978-94-6091-460-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10343519 bytes)
Series
Contemporary Approaches to Research in Learning Innovations 5
Pages
125\125
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Educational Technology

Description

Educators around the world acknowledge the fact that we live in the knowledge society and ability to think systematically is one of the necessary skills in order to function effectively in the 21st century. In the past two decades, popular culture introduced digital games as part of leisure activities for children and adults. Today playing computer games is routine activity for children of all ages. Many have agreed that interactive computer games enhance concentration, promote thinking, increase motivation and encourage socialisation. Educators found their way in introducing game-based learning in science education to entice the students in teaching difficult concepts. Simulation games provide authentic learning experience and virtual world excites the students to learn new phenomena and enliven their inquisitive mind. This book presents recent studies in game-based learning and reports continuing attempts to use games as new tool in the classrooms.

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