Teachers' beliefs about game based learning: A comparative study of pedagogy, curriculum and practice in Italy, Turkey and the UK

7th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Allsop, Yasemin ^a   Yildirim, Ebru Yeniman ^b   Screpanti, Marina ^c  

^a Wilbury Primary School   (United Kingdom)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Istituto comprensivo n3 Chieti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Digital game design; Game based learning; Pedagogy; Teacher's role in GBL; Teachers' perceptions

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAMES; GAME-BASED LEARNING; PEDAGOGY; TEACHER'S ROLE IN GBL; TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS;

COMPUTER GAMES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84893655796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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