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Beavis, Catherine; O'Mara, Joanne; Thompson, Roberta – Learning, Media and Technology, 2021
There is growing interest in the incorporation of digital games as part of the suite of offerings in museum education in heritage environments. Digital games are seen as ways of recreating historic worlds, affording empathetic and affective engagement, and increasing interest in and understanding of historical periods or processes, working in…
Descriptors: Museums, Video Games, Pilot Projects, Archaeology
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Gilje, Øystein; Silseth, Kenneth – Learning, Media and Technology, 2019
In this article, we use a model for games and literacy to explore how one FIFA gamer worked across contexts. Previously, this model has been used to address the role of computer and video games in the teaching of literacy in the subject of English. In the current article, we combine this model with a learning lives perspective, which builds on the…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Literacy Education, Transfer of Training, Teaching Methods
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Rowan, Leonie – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
This paper explores teachers' beliefs about the ways in which the use of digital games in schooling contexts impacted upon students who they believed to be in some way at risk of educational or social alienation or failure. Drawing upon the theoretical resources provided by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, the paper explores opportunities…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, At Risk Students, Academic Achievement, Interpersonal Relationship