The game studies practicum: Applying situated learning to teach professional practices

ACM Future Play 2008 International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, Future Play: Research, Play, Share

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-32

  Fernández Vara, Clara ^a   Tan, Philip ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive apprenticeship; Education; Game studies; Learning; Legitimate peripheral participation; Scrum; Situated learning; Teaching practicum; Videogames

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP; GAME STUDIES; LEARNING; LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION; SCRUM; SITUATED LEARNING; VIDEOGAMES;

ABERRATIONS; APPRENTICES; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GAME THEORY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 70349328031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1496984.1496990     Document Type: Conference Paper

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