Families at play : connecting and learning through video games / Sinem Siyahhan and Elisabeth Gee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siyahhan, Sinem, author.

Gee, Elisabeth, author.

Series:

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Family recreation.

Communication in families.

Intergenerational communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"How family video game play promotes intergenerational communication, connection, and learning. Video games have a bad reputation in the mainstream media. They are blamed for encouraging social isolation, promoting violence, and creating tensions between parents and children. In this book, Sinem Siyahhan and Elisabeth Gee offer another view. They show that video games can be a tool for connection, not isolation, creating opportunities for families to communicate and learn together. Like smartphones, Skype, and social media, games help families stay connected. Siyahhan and Gee offer examples: One family treats video game playing as a regular and valued activity, and bonds over Halo. A father tries to pass on his enthusiasm for Star Wars by playing Lego Star Wars with his young son. Families express their feelings and share their experiences and understanding of the world through playing video games like The Sims, Civilization, and Minecraft. Some video games are designed specifically to support family conversations around such real-world issues and sensitive topics as bullying and peer pressure. Siyahhan and Gee draw on a decade of research to look at how learning and teaching take place when families play video games together. With video games, they argue, the parents are not necessarily the teachers and experts; all family members can be both teachers and learners. They suggest video games can help families form, develop, and sustain their learning culture as well as develop skills that are valued in the twenty-first century workplace. Educators and game designers should take note"--The publisher.

Contents:

1 A New Perspective on Games and Families 1

2 Strengthening Family Relations 25

3 Family Learning and Video Games 53

4 Understanding Oneself, Each Other, and the World 85

5 Developing a Learning Culture through Gaming 109

6 Designing for Intergenerational Play 139.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262344579

0262344572

9780262344586

0262344580

OCLC:

1021803829

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.