Bridging Literacies with Videogames

Bridging Literacies with Videogames
ISBN-10
9462096686
ISBN-13
9789462096684
Category
Education
Pages
210
Language
English
Published
2014-09-23
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Hannah R. Gerber, Sandra Schamroth Abrams

Description

Bridging Literacies with Videogames provides an international perspective of literacy practices, gaming culture, and traditional schooling. Featuring studies from Australia, Colombia, South Korea, Canada, and the United States, this edited volume addresses learning in primary, secondary, and tertiary environments with topics related to: • re-creating worlds and texts • massive multiplayer second language learning • videogames and classroom learning These diverse topics will provide scholars, teachers, and curriculum developers with empirical support for bringing videogames into classroom spaces to foster meaning making. Bridging Literacies with Videogames is an essential text for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty interested in contemporizing learning with the medium of the videogame.

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