I was honoured to present at the recent Practical Pre-School Awards in Birmingham. While there, I met Antonio Gould, who specialises in broadcast games and education. He told me about a book entitled What Video Games Have to Teach us About Learning and Literacy.
It is by American professor of education James Paul Gee, who is fascinated by 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”.
He pinpoints many key elements of learning through this type of media, including the development of identity, grasping meaning, learning through trial and error, evaluating and following commands, role-modelling and how we perceive the world.
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