James Paul Gee

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

James Paul Gee begins his classic book with "I want to talk about video games--yes, even violent video games--and say some positive things about them." With this simple but explosive statement, one of America's most well-respected educators looks seriously at the good that can come from playing video games. In this revised edition of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, new games like World of WarCraft and Half Life 2 are evaluated and theories of cognitive development are expanded. Gee looks at major cognitive activities including how individuals develop a sense of identity, how we grasp meaning, how we evaluate and follow a command, pick a role model, and perceive the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466886421
• Artikelnr.: 41980111

Autorenporträt

James Paul Gee has been featured in a variety of publications including Redbook, Child, Teacher, USA Today, Education Week, The Chicago Tribune, and more. He was formerly the Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University.  He is a founder of the Center for Games and Impact at ASU which orchestrated a national conversation on games and learning for the White House Office of Science and Technology. Described by The Chronicle of Higher Education as "a serious scholar who is taking a lead in an emerging field," he is the author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 36 Ways to Learn a Video Game
Semiotic Domains: Is Playing Video Games a "Waste of Time"?
Learning and Identity: What Does It Mean to Be a Half-Elf?
Situated Meaning and Learning: What Should You Do after You Have Destroyed the Global Conspiracy?
Telling and Doing: Why Doesn't Lara Croft Obey Professor Von Croy?
Cultural Models: Do You Want to Be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic?
The Social Mind: How Do You Get Your Corpse Back after You've Died?
Conclusion: Duped or Not?
Appendix: The 36 Learning Principles