Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game MechanicsCan Shape the Future of Education (Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues) - Image 1

£64.74

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£65 today · previous high £65 · all-time low £65

Information Age Publishing Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game MechanicsCan Shape the Future of Education (Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues)

Name: Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game MechanicsCan Shape the Future of Education (Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues)
Brand: Information Age Publishing
Price: 64.74 GBP
Availability: InStock

PC & Video Games

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 56 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £65 (56 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £65 - £65

Price levels: 1 different prices over 56 days

Description

Lacking a digital crystal ball, we cannot predict the future of education or the precise instructional role games will have going forward. Yet we can safely say that games will play some role in the future of K-12 and higher education, and members of the games community will have to choose between being passive observers or active, progressive contributors to the complex and often political process of weaving together pedagogy, technology, and culture. This will involve agreeing that games―or, more specifically, game mechanics and the engagement in joyful learning that they engender―are not only critical for shaping online and classroom instruction but also the evolution of schooling as a whole. Likewise, it will involve a hard push beyond questions like “Are video games ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for education?” and “Are games ‘better’ for all students than traditional face-to-face teaching” to unpack how game experiences vary with individual learner goals as an interaction with the parameters of an educational environment. Simply put, we need to form a cohesive, compelling argument in support of the notion that games are entire learning ecologies in and of themselves. This edited volume is designed to anchor collective thinking with respect to the value-added nature of games for learning and the complexities involved in player experience, narrative context, and environmental-player interactions. As could be expected, we are not interested in debates about “gamification,” game violence, individual game quality, and other topics that have become standard fare in extant games literature. Instead, we seek to emphasize issues of scalability, the induction of player goal adoption, affordances of game-based instructional environments, relationships between play and transfer, and the value of games as part of an ecopsychological worldview. As long-time contributors in a field that has made a habit of playing it safe―pun intended―we seek to bring the dialogue in a more nuanced and meaningful direction that will reach teachers, researchers, designers, and players alike.

Product Specifications

Brand: Information Age Publishing
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1681239361
Category: Books > Subjects > Computing & Internet > PC & Video Games
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 June 2017
Listed Since: 28 July 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Information Age Publishing Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game MechanicsCan Shape the Future of Education (Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues)

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Games-To-Teach or Games-To-Learn: Unlocking the Power of Digital Game-Based Learning Through Performance (Gaming Media and Social Effects)

Learning to Play: Exploring the Future of Education with Video Games: 53 (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Using Games and Simulations for Teaching and Assessment: Key Issues

Theoretical Issues of Using Simulations and Games in Educational Assessment: Applications in School and Workplace Contexts (Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology)

Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Games, Learning, and Society: Learning And Meaning In The Digital Age (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy: 27 (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

AI and Game-Based Literacy Learning: Innovative Pathways for Diverse Learners

Learning through Digital Game Design and Building in a Participatory Culture: An Enactivist Approach: 14 (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification (Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies)

Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy, Volume 1

Digital Gaming Re-imagines the Middle Ages (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture)

A Guide to Designing Curricular Games: How to "Game" the System (Advances in Game-Based Learning)

A Multi-Dimension Framework For Modelling Educational Games

Game User Experience And Player-Centered Design (International Series on Computer, Entertainment and Media Technology)

Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming: An Empirical and Methodological Discussion (Digital Education and Learning)

The Future of Technology Education (Contemporary Issues in Technology Education)

Educational Games for Soft-Skills Training in Digital Environments: New Perspectives (Advances in Game-Based Learning)

Educational Games for Soft-Skills Training in Digital Environments: New Perspectives (Advances in Game-Based Learning)

Learning Analytics in Education

Designing Games for Children: Developmental, Usability, and Design Considerations for Making Games for Kids

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Information Age Publishing Exploding the Castle: Rethinking How Video Games & Game MechanicsCan Shape the Future of Education (Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Games-To-Teach or Games-To-Learn: Unlocking the Power of Digital Game-Based Learning Through Performance (Gaming Media and Social Effects)

Learning to Play: Exploring the Future of Education with Video Games: 53 (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Using Games and Simulations for Teaching and Assessment: Key Issues

Theoretical Issues of Using Simulations and Games in Educational Assessment: Applications in School and Workplace Contexts (Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology)

Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching: A Beginner's Guide

Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Games, Learning, and Society: Learning And Meaning In The Digital Age (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy: 27 (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives

AI and Game-Based Literacy Learning: Innovative Pathways for Diverse Learners

Learning through Digital Game Design and Building in a Participatory Culture: An Enactivist Approach: 14 (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Emerging Research and Trends in Gamification (Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies)

Education and Analog Role-Playing Games: Theory and Pedagogy, Volume 1

Digital Gaming Re-imagines the Middle Ages (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture)

A Guide to Designing Curricular Games: How to "Game" the System (Advances in Game-Based Learning)

A Multi-Dimension Framework For Modelling Educational Games

Game User Experience And Player-Centered Design (International Series on Computer, Entertainment and Media Technology)

Learning and Identity in Competitive Gaming: An Empirical and Methodological Discussion (Digital Education and Learning)

The Future of Technology Education (Contemporary Issues in Technology Education)

Educational Games for Soft-Skills Training in Digital Environments: New Perspectives (Advances in Game-Based Learning)

Educational Games for Soft-Skills Training in Digital Environments: New Perspectives (Advances in Game-Based Learning)

Learning Analytics in Education

Designing Games for Children: Developmental, Usability, and Design Considerations for Making Games for Kids