Beyond gamification: reconceptualizing game-based learning in early childhood environments

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 594-608

  Nolan, Jason ^a   McBride, Melanie ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical pedagogy; DGBL; digital game based learning; early childhood education; hidden and null curriculum; situated learning; videogames

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897989968     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.808365     Document Type: Article

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