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You know, I'm not sure I like this "gamify education" thing. Is the stuff we want our society to learn really so boring that it has to be embedded in a game? Th
by jmilloy 12y ago
You know, I'm not sure I like this "gamify education" thing. Is the stuff we want our society to learn really so boring that it has to be embedded in a game? That's not the signal I think we should be sending.
> Remember animals which play with each other and learn how to fight or to hunt.
This is a great analogy, because it illustrates so clearly how "play to learn" is being misused. The play here is actually doing the things that are useful later while fighting or hunting. The games need to be the subject matter, not just surround them.
- ccvannorman 12y agoIt's not that it's boring, it's that it APPEARS boring. Take math for example -- try sitting down with a seven year old and teaching them fractions and ratios. Unless you have an exceptionally curious kid, there simply isn't a way to explain it that doesn't feel like dragging fingernails on chalkboards to the kid. Games are a way to alleviate the introduction into mathy things like this, the ideal state being one where the learner takes pleasure in the math itself once it is appreciated.