How computer games help children learn

In this trailblazing book, leading educational expert David Shaffer examines how particular video and computer games can help teach kids to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, urban planners, journalists and other professionals. Based on more than a decade of research in technology, game science...

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Published in:How Computer Games Help Children Learn
Main Author: Shaffer, D
Format: eBook Book Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2007
Palgrave Macmillan US
Edition:1
Subjects:
Astronomy
Career education
Career education > Computer-assisted instruction
Children
Computer games
Computers
Computers and Society
Computerspiel
Critical Thinking
Education
Education, general
Educational Policy and Politics
Educational Technology
Epistemology
Games
Identität
Kind
Kognitiver Prozess
Learning, Psychology of
Lernen
Mediennutzung
Medienpädagogik
Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection
Personality and Social Psychology
Teaching and Teacher Education
The self, ego, identity, personality
Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
Thinking Skills
Values
Video Games
Video Technology
Videospiel
Virtual reality in education
Vocational guidance
Vocational guidance > Computer-assisted instruction
ISBN:0230602525, 9780230602526, 9781403975058, 1403975051
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- How Computer Games Help Children Learn -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One Epistemology: The Debating Game -- Chapter Two Knowledge: Digital Zoo -- Chapter Three Skills: Escher's World -- Chapter Four Values: The Pandora Project -- Chapter Five Identity: science.net -- Chapter Six The future: Urban Science -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments