What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy

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Title:

Author:

Gee, James Paul.

ISBN:

9781403961693

Personal Author:

Gee, James Paul.

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction: 36 Ways to Learn a Video Game -- 2. Semiotic Domains: Is Playing Video Games a "Waste of Time"? -- 3. Learning and Identity: What Does It Mean to Be a Half-Elf? -- 4. Situated Meaning and Learning: What Should You Do After You Have Destroyed the Global Conspiracy? -- 5. Telling and Doing: Why Doesn't Lara Croft Obey Professor Von Croy? -- 6. Cultural Models: Do You Want to Be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic? -- 7. The Social Mind: How Do You Get Your Corpse Back After You've Died? -- 8. Conclusion: Duped or Not? -- App. The 36 Learning Principles.

Abstract:

"After exploring many of the most popular video games, Gee argues that they are not the mindless entertainment one thinks. He suggests that they are actually quite intricate learning experiences that have a great deal to teach us about how learning and literacy are changing in the modern world. Considering how the games are designed and how they are played, Gee argues that thirty-six important learning principles are built into good games, principles strongly supported by current research on human learning in cognitive science." "Widening the scope of his argument, Gee compares learning and literacy in video games to the learning and literacy at work in both effective and non-effective classrooms. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy is a book that will open your mind to the possibility that video games are the forerunners of instructional tools that will determine how we learn in the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Video games -- Psychological aspects.

Computer games -- Psychological aspects.

Learning, Psychology of.

Visual literacy.

Video games and children.

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A controversial look at the positive things that can be learned from video games by a well known professor of education. James Paul Gee begins his new book with "I want to talk about vide games--yes, even violent video games--and say some positive things about them." With this simple but explosive beginning, one of America's most well-respected professors of education looks seriously at the good that can come from playing video games. Gee is interested in the cognitive development that can occur when someone is trying to escape a maze, find a hidden treasure and, even, blasting away an enemy with a high-powered rifle. Talking about his own video-gaming experience learning and using games as diverse as Lara Croft and Arcanum, Gee looks at major specific cognitive activities: * How individuals develop a sense of identity * How one grasps meaning * How one evaluates and follow a command * How one picks a role model * How one perceives the world This is a ground-breaking book that takes up a new electronic method of education and shows the positive upside it has for learning.