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Games, learning, and society : learning and meaning in the digital age / edited by Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire, Sasha Barab.

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Full title

Games, learning, and society : learning and meaning in the digital age / edited by Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire, Sasha Barab.

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Date

2012.

Call Numbers

N794.8/43

Record Identifier

74VvkgV6kWdM

MMS ID

991013928639702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxi, 464 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Section I. Games as designed experience : -- 1. Introduction to section I / Kurt Squire -- 2. Designed cultures / Kurt Squire -- 3. Theme is not meaning: who decides what a game is about? / Soren Johnson -- 4. Our cheatin' hearts / Soren Johnson -- 5. Playing the odds / Soren Johnson -- 6. Nurturing...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2012.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This volume is the first reader on video games and learning of its kind. Covering game design, game culture and games as twenty-first-century pedagogy, it demonstrates the depth and breadth of scholarship on games and learning to date. The chapters represent some of the most influential thinkers, designers and writers in the emerging field of game...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Games, learning, and society : learning and meaning in the digital age / edited by Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire, Sasha Barab.

Portion of title

Learning and meaning in the digital age.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Learning in doing : social, cognitive and computational perspectives.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Related resource (online)

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N794.8/43

Record Identifier

74VvkgV6kWdM

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkgV6kWdM

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9780521144520 (paperback)

9780521196239 (hardback)

DDC

794.8

MMS ID

991013928639702626

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