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Gee, James Paul.

What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy / James Paul Gee.

Rev. and updated ed.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

249 pages ; 24 cm

"In this completely updated and revised edition of a contemporary classic, one of America's most well-respected educators considers more than thirty new video games in his provocative examination of their positive effects on learning. Gee includes recent games such as World of War Craft and Half Life 2 and analyzes new theories of cognitive development, such as how individuals develop a sense of identity, grasp meaning, evaluate and follow a command, pick a role model, and perceive the world. This is abook that will open your mind to the possibility that video games are the forerunners of instructional tools that will determine how we learn in the future."--Jacket.

Video games -- Psychological aspects.

Learning, Psychology of.

Visual literacy.

Video games and children.

"December 2007"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index.

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 Professor 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 -- Appendix : The 36 learning principles.

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