What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy

Name: What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy
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ISBN: 9781403961693

ISBN-10: 1403961697

ISBN-13: 9781403961693

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: James Paul Gee

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A controversial look at the positive things that can be learned from video games by a well known professor of education. James Paul Gee begins his new book with "I want to talk about vide games--yes, even violent video games--and say some positive things about them." With this simple but explosive beginning, one of America's most well-respected professors of education looks seriously at the good that can come from playing video games. Gee is interested in the cognitive development that can occur when someone is trying to escape a maze, find a hidden treasure and, even, blasting away an enemy with a high-powered rifle. Talking about his own video-gaming experience learning and using games…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 5/16/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

James Paul Gee is Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Social Linguistics and Literacies, a foundational work in the field of New Literacy Studies, and Why Video Games Are Good For Your Soul.



Introduction: 36 Ways to Learn a Video Game Semiotic Domains


Is Playing Video Games a 'Waste of Time'?


Learning and Identity: What Does It Mean to Be a Half-Elf?


Situated Meaning and Learning: What Should You Do after You Have Destroyed the Global Conspiracy?


Telling and Doing: Why Doesn't Lara Croft Obey Prof. Von Croy?


Cultural Models: Do You Want to be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic?


The Social Mind: How Do You Get Your Corpse Back after You've Died?


Conclusion: Duped or Not?


Appendix: The 36 Learning Principles