Teaching Historical Theory through Video Games

Autor/in	Wainwright, A. Martin
Titel	Teaching Historical Theory through Video Games
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 47 (2014) 4, S.579-612 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	History Instruction; Video Games; College Instruction; Undergraduate Students; Historiography; Thematic Approach; Student Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Hochschullehre; Geschichtsschreibung; Themenzentrierter Unterricht; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The potential of video games for teaching history is receiving increasing recognition. However, the greatest emphasis is on their use as tools in secondary education. The few studies focusing on undergraduate education demonstrate the use of games to create an immersive historical experience with counterfactual options. While exploring these issues, the author's undergraduate course, "History in Video Games," also introduces students to concepts and literature normally explored at the undergraduate honors and graduate levels. The course "History in Video Games" has been offered three times so far, in Spring 2011 at the junior level, in Summer 2012 at the hybrid senior and graduate level, and again during the regular semester in Spring 2014. Since the course focuses on the use of historical theory to inform understanding of video games, and vice versa, this article devotes considerable space to a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the games themselves. This discussion forms much of the content of the course. It is through the process of discovering the games that students learn historiography. The generally positive student assessment of this course indicates that video games are an effective tool for teaching complex historical concepts to undergraduates and introducing even non-History majors to advanced theoretical arguments. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.societyforhistoryeducation.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01