Ludic Inquiries Into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education How Games Play Us

This book interrogates the roles games and playfulness bear in both formal education and informal social learning. Responsive to contemporary social and ecological challenges, this book especially explores games' interactions with social power.

Info autore

Amelia Walker lectures in Creative Writing at the University of South Australia, on Kaurna Yerta, the unceded lands of the Kaurna people. She has been writing and publishing poetry since her teenage years. Her fifth poetry collection, Alogopoiesis, was published by Life Before Man (Gazebo Books) in 2023. Amelia's research embraces creative methods of knowledge-making.
Helen Grimmett is a teacher educator in the School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, Monash University, Australia, on Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Country. Her passion is taking playful and creative approaches to both her teaching and research in order to disrupt expectations and challenge traditional understandings of teaching, learning, and schooling.
Alison (Ali) L. Black is a senior lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, on Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi Country. She uses autoethnography, poetry, and narrative to listen to and understand inner worlds and wider cultural experiences. Ali's research recognises the importance of contemplating, acknowledging, and responding to lived lives.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Walker Amelia (Editore), Grimmett Helen (Editore), Alison L. Black (Editore)
• Autori: Amelia (University of South Australia Walker
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 26.12.2025
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781032586564
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258656-4
• Numero di pagine: 294
• Categorie: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Gamification in Education, critical pedagogy;gamification in education;social justice learning;autoethnographic methods;inclusive curriculum design;intersectionality in academia;transformative play in higher education, intersectionality in academia, inclusive curriculum design, autoethnographic methods, social justice learning, transformative play in higher education