Learning to become citizens by enacting governorship in the statecraft curriculum: An evaluation of learning outcomes

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-27

  Chee, Yam San ^a   Gwee, Susan ^a   Tan, Ek Ming ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Becoming; Citizenship; Dialogism; Game Based learning; Identity; Inquiry; Performance; Statecraft X

Indexed keywords

BECOMING; CITIZENSHIP; DIALOGISM; GAME-BASED LEARNING; IDENTITY; INQUIRY; PERFORMANCE; STATECRAFT X;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80054902630     PISSN: 19423888     EISSN: 19423896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgcms.2011040101     Document Type: Article

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