“Your brain’s important, but not all that important,” said Dr. James Paul Gee*.
By that he means the following: What we’d assumed about the importance of brain functions are no longer relevant. There’s been a revolution in the learning sciences and the new theories say that human beings learn from experiences. Dr. James Gee validated reasons why video games are good for learning.
Here are 10 truths, according to Gee. Video games…
- Feed the learning process
- Obviate testing
- Build on experience
- Redefine teachers as learning designers
- Teach language through experience
- Entice kids to love challenges
- Motivate learning
- Teach problem-solving
- Encourage risk-taking
- Provide valid learning model for schools
*professor at Arizona State University and a leading authority on literacy and the potential of educational games
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