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For those who fervently believe that "Video Games Are The Future of Education", I would like to recommend two books: "Geek Heresy" by Kentaro Toyama, and "The F
by disqard 6y ago
For those who fervently believe that "Video Games Are The Future of Education", I would like to recommend two books:
"Geek Heresy" by Kentaro Toyama, and "The Flickering Mind" by Todd Oppenheimer.
The former offers a voice of caution, and is written by the former head of MSR Asia.
The latter is filled with historical examples of "x is the Future of Education" (for x ∈ {"radio", "television", "computers", ...}) each of which has failed to replace human instruction, showing that there's something about human interaction that appears to be crucial for education.
- unnouinceput 6y agoNone said to replace human interaction completely. On the contrary, the examples given by the author includes plenty of human interaction, with fellow players and teachers alike. The point of the article is to give games and software more "room" opposed to what's right now in education, meaning only boring teachers that will simply go through their lessons without a sliver of passion.