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Good video games + good learning : collected essays on video games, learning and literacy / James Paul Gee.

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Van Pelt Library GV1469.3 .G438 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gee, James Paul.
Series:
New literacies and digital epistemologies ; v. 27.
New literacies and digital epistemologies ; v. 27
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Video games--Psychological aspects.
Video games.
Learning, Psychology of.
Visual literacy.
Video games and children.
Physical Description:
vi, 194 pages ; 23 cm.
Other Title:
Good video games plus good learning
Good video games and good learning
Place of Publication:
New York : P. Lang, [2007]
Contents:
Why video games are good for your soul: pleasure and learning
Video games, violence, and effects: good and bad
Notes on content and technological determinism
Good video games, the human mind, and good learning
Learning about learning from a video game: Rise of nations
Pleasure and 'being a professional': learning and video games
Why study games now? Video games: a new art form
Affinity spaces: from Age of mythology to today's schools
Reading, specialist language development, and video games
Games and learning: issues, perils, and potentials.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and indexes.
ISBN:
0820497037
9780820497037
0820497347
9780820497341
OCLC:
77494426

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