Playful Pedagogy in Higher Education
Research and Cases from across the Disciplines
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Beschreibung
This collection provides a wide array of concrete and inspiring "playful" approaches to teaching in a range of higher education contexts and discipline areas, grounded in the learning sciences and within a future-oriented revisioning of the university learning environment. Within the broad area of active learning strategies, this text offers a curated collection of creative innovations such as game-based learning, gamification of courses, escape rooms, semester-long quests, dramatic role-plays, artistic endeavors and more. Containing descriptive and impact research that evidences the power of playful pedagogy, this text will offer a range of novel, transferable and usable materials for readers to apply in their lecture halls and classrooms tomorrow.
“Playful Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a thoughtful consideration of the potential of play in universities, exemplified with a wide-ranging series of examples of playful learning in the higher education classroom, providing a wealth of practical tips and guidance for teachers who might be considering the potential of playful methods.”
Professor Nic Whitton, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
This collection provides a wide array of concrete and inspiring "playful" approaches to teaching in a range of higher education contexts and discipline areas, grounded in the learning sciences and within a future-oriented revisioning of the university learning environment. Within the broad area of active learning strategies, this text offers a curated collection of creative innovations such as game-based learning, gamification of courses, escape rooms, semester-long quests, dramatic role-plays, artistic endeavors and more. Containing descriptive and impact research that evidences the power of playful pedagogy, this text will offer a range of novel, transferable and usable materials for readers to apply in their lecture halls and classrooms tomorrow.
Engages higher education students using playful instructional approaches Harnesses cognitive science to principles of play for adult learners Re-envisions the curriculum using examples of playful approaches across disciplines
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Laura Baecher
Themen in »Playful Pedagogy in Higher Education«
Play in Adult Learning cognitive science activity-based pedagogical approach semester-long pedagogical approach inclusive curriculum inclusive spaces for learning the value of play project-based learning play in the online classroom asynchronous learning safety in the classroom Affective Learning Domain and Relational Theory adult education intentional community building playfulness related to achievement at school