Playing with complex systems? The potential to gain geographical system competence through digital gaming.

Autor/inn/en	Lux, Joelle-Denise; Budke, Alexandra
Titel	Playing with complex systems? The potential to gain geographical system competence through digital gaming.
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020) 5, 31 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Abbildungen; Tabellen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
DOI	10.3390/educsci10050130
Schlagwörter	Denkfähigkeit; Denkprozess; Entscheidung; Entscheidungstraining; Problembewusstsein; Problemlösen; Digitale Medien; Videospiel; Situationsansatz; Simulationsspiel; Spiel; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Systemisches Denken; Spielorientierter Unterricht; Geografieunterricht; Klimawandel; Simulationsprogramm; Migration; Sozio-Ökologie; Komplexes System; Problembewältigung
Abstract	The current socio-ecological challenges and phenomena that are major topics of geography education, like climate change and migration, are highly complex. Maturity in these contexts requires a networked way of thinking, and a systemic competence that is difficult to develop in geography classes alone. Digital games that simulate complex systems which include the pressing issues of today's challenges may be a useful supplement to foster systems thinking. In this study, we develop a framework to assess the complexity of in-game systems. A subsequent analysis of a selection of current commercial strategy and simulation games shows how system complexity is designed differently in the various games. Based on these results, we make recommendations for the selection and use of different games in formal and informal learning contexts. (Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/4