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Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds

Commercial Video Games as Educational Tools

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Pilar Lacasa
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Part of the book series: Digital Education and Learning (DEAL)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Learning and Video Games

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 1-29

  3. Entertainment and Education Platforms

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 31-52

  4. Intelligent Objects

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 53-69

  5. Interpreting Their Messages

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 71-96

  6. Arguments in Virtual and Real Worlds

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 97-114

  7. Learning to Create

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 115-134

  8. Art and Video Games

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 135-158

  9. Story Telling

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 159-187

  10. Virtual Spaces and Avatars

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 189-218

  11. New Heroes and Heroines

    • Pilar Lacasa
    Pages 219-237

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 239-274
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About this book

Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills.

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Author Pilar Lacasa: Pilar Lacasa is Professor of Communication and Education at the University of Alcala, Spain.

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