Virtual LEGOs: Incorporating Minecraft into the Art Education Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Overby, Alexandra; Jones, Brian L.
Titel	Virtual LEGOs: Incorporating Minecraft into the Art Education Curriculum
Quelle	In: Art Education, 68 (2015) 1, S.21-27 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
Schlagwörter	Art Education; Curriculum Enrichment; Teaching Methods; Learning Strategies; Educational Games; Game Theory; Visual Arts; Observation; Interviews; Classroom Techniques; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Educational game; Lernspiel; Spieltheorie; Optische Gestaltung; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Klassenführung; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	What could video games bring to a K-12 visual arts curriculum? Overby and Jones were skeptical about incorporating gaming and virtual worlds into the classroom, but watching their own children engaging in the video game Minecraft changed their perception. As they started researching the game and how these kids were operating within the space, they began pondering the possibility of how it might offer art educators a safe and user-friendly virtual learning environment. Furthermore, as many of the youth they observed were girls, they began considering how the game might empower girls to consider careers in technology, where males are dramatically overrepresented (Hayes, 2008). Gaming as a learning tool fits within the art education paradigm because of the aesthetic choices made during gameplay. Students learn about technology, teamwork, building, design, and more by using Minecraft as a learning tool. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Art Education Association. 1916 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 703-860-8000; Fax: 703-860-2960; Web site: http://www.arteducators.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01