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How Computer Games Help Children Learn

Paperback • 2007 • English

How Computer Games Help Children Learn

By James Paul Gee

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About the book

How can we make sure that our children are learning to be creative thinkers in a world of global competition - and what does that mean for the future of education in the digital age? David Williamson Shaffer offers a fresh and powerful perspective on computer games and learning. How Computer Games Help Children Learn shows how video and computer games can help teach children to build successful futures - but only if we think in new ways about education itself. Shaffer shows how computer and vide...Show more

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ISBN

9780230602526

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

How Computer Games Help Children Learn

Format

Paperback

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