Learning in context: Digital games and young black men

Games and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-141

  DiSalvo, Betsy James ^a   Crowley, Kevin ^b   Norwood, Roy ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Games; Gender; Informal education; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749140601     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412008314130     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Cassell, J., & Jenkins, H. (1998). Chess for girls? Feminism and computer games. In J. Cassell & H. Jenkins (Eds.), From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and computer games (pp. 2-45). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2. Children NOW. (2001). Fair play: Violence, gender and race in video games. Berkeley, CA: Author.
3. Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology. (2003, May). Trends in African American and Native American participation in STEM higher education. Washington, DC: E. L. Babco.
4. Consalvo, M. (2005, July). Cheating can be good for you: Educational games and multiple play styles. On the Horizon, 13(2), 95-100.
5. Crowley, K., & Jacobs, M. (2002). Islands of expertise and the development of family scientific literacy. In G. Leinhardt, K. Crowley, & K. Knutson (Eds.), Learning conversations in museums (pp. 333-355). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
6. DiSalvo, B., Parikh, A., & Crowley, K. (2006, July). Developing the ultimate urban adventure game for middle school girls. Paper presented at the proceedings of the Women in Games Conference 2006, Teesside, UK.
7. Dyson, A. (1997). Writing superheroes: Contemporary childhood, popular culture, and classroom literacy. New York: Teachers College Press.
8. EA Sports. (2005). Madden 2006. Redwood City, CA: Author.
9. Edelman, P., Holzer, H., & Offner, P. (2006). Reconnecting young Black men. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
10. Federation of American Scientists. (2005). Harnessing the power of video games for learning, summit on educational games. Washington, DC: Author.
11. Gee, J. P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
12. Gee, J. P. (2005). Why video games are good for your soul: Pleasure and learning. Melbourne, Australia: Common Ground.
13. Gorriz, C. M., & Medina, C. (2000). Engaging girls with computers through software games. Communications of the ACM, 43(1), 42-49.
14. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2002, Fall). Key facts: Children and video games, Washington, DC: Author.
15. Hesse-Biber, S., & Carter, G. (2000). Working women in America: Split dreams. Los Angeles: Getty Center for Education.
16. Kafai, Y. B. (2006). Playing and making games for learning: Instructionist and constructionist perspectives for game studies. Games and Culture, 1(1), 36-40.
17. Kelly, H. (2005, Spring). Games, cookies, and the future of educations. Issues in Science and Technology, pp. 33-40.
18. Kolko, J. (with Strohm, C. Q., & Lonian, A.). (2003, June). Hispanics and Blacks game more. Boston: Forrester.
19. Lee, C. D. (1991). Big picture talkers/words walking without masters: The instructional implications of ethnic voices for an expanded literacy. Journal of Negro Education, 60, 291-304.
20. Leinhardt, G., Crowley, K., & Knutson K. (Eds.). (2002). Learning conversations in museums. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
21. Leonard, D. J. (2006). Not a hater, just keepin' it real: The importance of race and gender-based game studies. Games and Culture, 1(1), 83-88.
22. NPD Group. (2007, June 5). Children are becoming exposed to and adopting electronic devices at earlier ages. Port Washington, NY: Author.
23. Shaffer, D. W. (2006). Epistemic frames for epistemic games. Computers & Education, 46(3), 223-234.
24. Stocks, J., Crowley, K., Hughes, K., DiSalvo, B., Parikh, A., Giarratni, L., et al. (2006). Explanatoids: Gender-sensitive signage to seed science talk in public places (Final Report 0217033). Washington, DC: National Science Foundation.
25. Woodruff, R., Woodruff, C., & Saulter, J. (2004, July 28). The invisible gamers: Can African Americans get in the games? Electronic Gaming Business. Retrieved December 12, 2006, from http://www.findarticles.com/p/ articles/mi_m0PJQ/is_15_2/ai_n6131152