It's sharing about Nan Hua High's LEAD ICT Project: Games Development for Humanities Education
- More about iLab 2015: UK-Singapore government collaboration to develop digital learning resources
Some observations on games and learning...
- Complex and challenging
- Systemic & multivariate
- Part of Young People's culture
- Communities of Practice (peer instruction)
Mori (2006)
- A significant majoirity of teachers (72%) do not play games for leisure as compared to 81% of children play games
- ~ 31% of teachers use games for teaching
Inquiry-based learning
- 5Es: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend and Evaluate
- 2 levels of Inquiry - Involvement (Engage, Explore), Understanding (Explain, Extent, Evaluate)
- Predict, Observe, Explain
Relating topics in Geography and History
- Natural Resources; Ancient Civilisation
- Settlement; Internal Threats
- Population Growth; External Threats
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