APPRENDERE DOVREBBE ESSERE ANCHE UN PO’ DIVERTENTE: QUALI OBIETTIVI SCOLASTICI POSSONO ESSERE RAGGIUNTI SVILUPPANDO GIOCHI?
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giu 12, 2019
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Questo articolo presenta uno studio esplorativo sul contributo che l’approccio didattico basato sullo sviluppo di giochi può fornire al raggiungimento degli obiettivi scolastici. L’articolo descrive un progetto in cui ventidue studenti danesi del secondo anno di scuola primaria sono stati guidati con un approccio basato sulla soluzione di problemi nello sviluppo di giochi digitali per l’apprendimento con lo strumento Scratch. Gli studenti sono riusciti a realizzare giochi digitali educativi per i loro compagni incorporando nei loro giochi situazioni e attività di apprendimento oltre che opportunità di valutazione. L’analisi delle dinamiche di apprendimento ha rivelato che il processo di apprendimento costruzionista e basato su problemi ha coinvolto gli studenti in processi comunicativi e di produzione linguistica nella loro madrelingua e li ha portati a usare il danese anche all’interno dei loro piccoli giochi. L’analisi ha inoltre rivelato che gli studenti hanno conseguito specifici obiettivi di apprendimento curricolari e hanno apprezzato l’approccio adottato.
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Blikstein, P. (2013). Digital fabrication and ‘making’ in education: The democratization of invention. FabLabs: of machines, makers and inventors, 4, 1–21.
Brennan, K. (2014) Social dimensions of computing education. Paper presented at the Future Directions in Computing Education Summit, Orlando, FL, USA.
Brennan, K., & Resnick, M. (2012, April). New frameworks for studying and assessing the development of computational thinking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Cambridge University Press (2019). Cambridge online dictionary. Retrieved from https://dictionary.cambridge.org
Earp, J. (2015). Game making for learning: A systematic review of the research literature. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), Proceedings of 8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2015) (pp. 6426–6435). Valencia, SP: IATED
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Gee, J. P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York, NY, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Halverson, E. R., & Sheridan, K. (2014). The maker movement in education. Harvard Educational Review, 84(4), 495–504.
Harel, I., & Papert, S. (Eds.) (1991). Constructionism. New York, NY, USA: Ablex Publishing.
Jenkins, T., & Bogost, I. (2015). Escaping the sandbox: Making and its future. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, January 15 - 19, 2015, Stanford, California, USA (pp. 29–32). ACM. doi: 10.1145/2677199.2680558
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Kafai, Y. B., & Resnick, M. (1996). Constructionism in practice: Designing, thinking, and learning in a digital world. New York, NY, USA: Routledge.
Koh, J. H. L., Chai, C. S., Wong, B., & Hong, H. Y. (2015). Design thinking for education: Conceptions and applications in teaching and learning. Singapore: Springer.
Oygardslia, K. (2015). Students as game designers: Learning by creating game narratives in the classroom. In Interactive storytelling (pp. 341–344). New York, NY, USA: Springer.
Oygardslia, K. (2018). Students as game designers: Exploring collaborative game-based learning activities in the classroom [PhD Thesis]. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Retrieved from https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2564297/Kristine%20%C3%98ygardslia.pdf?sequence=5
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Ratto, M., & Boler, M. (Eds.) (2014). DIY citizenship: Critical making and social media. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
Resnick, M. (2017). Lifelong kindergarten: Cultivating creativity through projects, passion, peers, and play. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
Savery, J. R. (2015). Overview of problem-based learning: Definitions and distinctions. In A. Walker, H. Leary, C.E. Hmelo-Silver, & P. Ertmer (Eds.), Essential readings in problem-based learning: exploring and extending the legacy of Howard S. Barrows (pp. 5–15). Lafayette, IN, USA: Purdue University Press.
Schön, D. A. (1992). Designing as reflective conversation with the materials of a design situation. Knowledge-Based Systems, 5(1), 3–14.
Selander, S., & Kress, G. (2012). Læringsdesign i et multimodalt perspektiv. Copenhagen, DE: Frydenlund.
Sfard, A. (1998). On two metaphors for learning and the dangers of choosing just one. Educational Researcher, 27(2), 4–13.
Squire, K. (2011). Video games and learning: Teaching and participatory culture in the digital age. Technology, education--connections (the TEC Series). New York, NY, USA: Teachers College Press.
Thornberg, R. (2012). Informed grounded theory. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 56(3), 243– 259.
Universal Verification Methodology (2018). Fælles Mål for folkeskolens fag og emner. Retrieved from https://uvm.dk/da/Uddannelser/Folkeskolen/Fag-timetal-og-overgange/Faelles-Maal/Om-Faelles-Maal
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Weitze, C. L. (2016b). Student learning-game designs: Emerging learning trajectories. In T. Connolly, & L. Boyle (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Games Based Learning: ECGBL 2016, Paisley, Scotland (1 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 756-764). Reading, UK: ACPI Ltd. Retrieved from http://orbit.dtu.dk/files/134654982/CLWeitze_Student_Learning_Game_Designs_Emerging_Learning_Trajectories_ECGBL_2016.pdf
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Wing, J. M. (2006). Computational thinking. Communications of the ACM, 49(3), 33–35.
Wing, J.M. (2017). Computational thinking’s influence on research and education for all. Italian Journal of Educational Technology, 25(2), 7–14. doi: 10.17471/2499-4324/922