Building Blocks for Game Design and Learning

In Building Blocks for Game Design and Learning, Casper Harteveld relates existing learning theories to best practices in game design, exploring how each of the three views of knowing-behaviorist, cognitivist, and situative-illuminate the process of learning through gaming.

List of contents

Part I: A Design Perspective
Chapter 1: To Game is to Learn
Chapter 2: Designers (Should) Learn Too
Chapter 3: Designing with Gamelets
Part II: A Behaviorist Perspective
Chapter 4: The Pavlov Response to Games
Chapter 5: Player Practice Makes Perfect
Chapter 6: A Game Evaluates the Player
Part III: A Cognitivist Perspective
Chapter 7: Reasoning about Games
Chapter 8: Understand the Experience
Chapter 9: Understanding Needs Reflection
Part IV: A Situative Perspective
Chapter 10: Playing in a Community
Chapter 11: Develop into an Expert
Chapter 12: Guide the Player to Wisdom
Epilogue: Beyond this Book and Games

About the author

Casper Harteveld is Assistant Professor in the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University.

Summary

In Building Blocks for Game Design and Learning, Casper Harteveld relates existing learning theories to best practices in game design, exploring how each of the three views of knowing—behaviorist, cognitivist, and situative—illuminate the process of learning through gaming.

Product details

• Authors: Casper Harteveld, Casper (Northeastern University Harteveld, Harteveld Casper
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780415838634
• ISBN: 978-0-415-83863-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Digital Games and Learning; Digital Games and Learning; Digital Games, Simulations, and Learning; Digital Games, Simulations, and Play in Learning
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Education, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Casper Harteveld;gamelets;digital games;educational;knowing