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The Rules of the Game
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Tay, Lee Yong; Lim, Cher Ping – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
This response to Rachel Muehrer, Jennifer Jenson, Jeremy Friedberg and Nicole Husain's paper, "Challenges and opportunities: Using a science-based video game in secondary school settings," explores the issues encountered while a science-based video game is introduced in secondary school settings. It highlights the importance of the context, the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Educational Technology, Educational Games
Learning about the Game: Designing Science Games for a Generation of Gamers
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Chmiel, Marjee – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
This paper is a response to "Challenges and Opportunities: Using a science-based video game in secondary school settings" by Rachel Muehrer, Jennifer Jenson, Jeremy Friedberg, and Nicole Husain. The article highlights two critical areas that I argue require more research in the studies of video games in education. The first area focuses on the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Play, Video Games, Educational Research
Teaching a "Humanistic" Science: Reflections on Interdisciplinary Course Design at the Post-Secondary Level
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Epstein, Marcia Jenneth – Current Issues in Education, 2004
Development of post-secondary curriculum in emerging interdisciplinary fields presents particular challenges in course design and resource utilization, especially when the field is interdisciplinary by nature of its inherent breadth. A new course at the University of Calgary, designed to introduce undergraduate students to the methods and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Pilot Projects, Ecology, Teaching Methods