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| Author(s): |
Bruno Henrique de Paula
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes |
| Defense date: | 2015-01-30 |
| Examining board members: |
José Armando Valente;
Arlete dos Santos Petry;
Hermes Renato Hildebrand
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| Advisor: | José Armando Valente |
| Abstract | |
In recent years, there has been a great interest in the use of digital games in Education. This could be analysed as an attempt to modify the educational process, in order to connect it to digital technologies, which are becoming even more pervasive nowadays. However, one cannot imagine this integration between games and education as trivial: the specific features of these artefacts must be understood to explore their educational potential. Likewise, this integration can be accomplished in different ways, from the most traditional ones, like those which propose the use of commercial or educational games in schools, to new ones, such as students producing their own games and, through this production, construct knowledge and develop relevant skills and competences. It is important to remark that there has been little exploration of this latter approach (game production by students) in Brazil. Through this project, I intend to reflect both on the specific characteristics of a digital game, as well as the ways in which the integration between digital games and education can be carried out, their strengths and difficulties, with special attention to the pedagogical use of game-making. By doing so, I expect to produce a theoretical framework that would assist educators interested in using digital games, as well as to disseminate, through an applied experience, the pedagogical approach which advocates for the creation of digital games by students (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/20226-0 - Digital games as pedagogical artefacts: game-making as an educational approach |
| Grantee: | Bruno Henrique de Paula |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |