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Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century: Literate Connections
Cynthia L. Selfe
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Description for Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century: Literate Connections
Paperback. Editor(s): Hawisher, Gail E.; Gee, James Paul; Selfe, Cynthia L. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; JHBS; JN; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
This volume examines the claim that computer games can provide better literacy and learning environments than schools. Using case-studies in the US at the beginning of the twenty-first century and the words and observations of individual gamers, the book offers historical and cultural analyses of their literacy development, practices and values.
This volume examines the claim that computer games can provide better literacy and learning environments than schools. Using case-studies in the US at the beginning of the twenty-first century and the words and observations of individual gamers, the book offers historical and cultural analyses of their literacy development, practices and values.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403972200
SKU
V9781403972200
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99-15
About Cynthia L. Selfe
CYNTHIA L. SELFE is Humanities Distinguished Professor in the English Department at The Ohio State University, USA. GAIL E. HAWISHER is University Distinguished Teacher/Scholar and Founding Director of the Center for Writing Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. JAMES PAUL GEE has written the Foreword to this book. He is one of the most well-known professors ... Read more
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