How Computer Games Help Children Learn

David Williamson Shaffer

ISBN 10: 1403975051 / ISBN 13: 9781403975058

Editore: Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2006), 2007

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• Titolo: How Computer Games Help Children Learn
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2006)
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1403975051
• ISBN 13: 9781403975058
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 2006.
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

How can we make sure that our children are learning to be creative thinkers in a world of global competition - and what does that mean for the future of education in the digital age? David Williamson Shaffer offers a fresh and powerful perspective on computer games and learning. How Computer Games Help Children Learn shows how video and computer games can help teach children to build successful futures - but only if we think in new ways about education itself. Shaffer shows how computer and video games can help students learn to think like engineers, urban planners, journalists, lawyers, and other innovative professionals, giving them the tools they need to survive in a changing world. Based on more than a decade of research in technology, game science, and education, How Computer Games Help Children Learn revolutionizes the ongoing debate about the pros and cons of digital learning.

Informazioni sull?autore

DAVID WILLIAMSON SHAFFER is Associate Professor of Learning Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and Game Scientist at the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory. A former teacher, curriculum developer, teacher-trainer, and game designer, he has taught in the United States and with the U.S. Peace Corps in Nepal.

JAMES PAUL GEE has written the Foreword to this book. He is one of the most well-known professors of education in the United States. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is the author of several books, including What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).