Educators who believe: understanding the enthusiasm of teachers who use digital games in the classroom

Colleen Stieler-Hunt; Christian M Jones

doi:10.3402/rlt.v23.26155

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Educators who believe: understanding the enthusiasm of teachers who use digital games in the classroom

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Educators who believe: understanding the enthusiasm of teachers who use digital games in the classroom

Colleen Stieler-Hunt and Christian M Jones

Research in Learning Technology, Vol.23(26155), pp.1-14

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v23.26155

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Abstract

game-based learning

video games

elementary education

secondary education

educational beliefs

pedagogical issues

This study used qualitative methods to explore why some educators embrace the use of digital game-play (DGP) in the classroom. The results indicated that these teachers had a very strong belief that DGP could be beneficial for learning which stemmed from experiencing their own form of subjective success with using DGP in the classroom, availing themselves of information and advocacy about using DGP in the classroom and personal experiences with DGP either through their own DGP or through watching their own children play games. They also shared positive attitudes towards information and communication technologies generally and had initially been invited to use DGP in the classroom by someone in authority. Their use of DGP was also something that they felt made them different to other teachers. Applying these findings to Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations theory predicted that the diffusion rate of using DGP in the classroom will continue to be slow. Finally, this study indicates that teachers need to experience their own form of subjective 'success' in order to find DGP valuable and this subjective 'success' often goes beyond test score performance.

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Title: Educators who believe: understanding the enthusiasm of teachers who use digital games in the classroom
Authors: Colleen Stieler-Hunt (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Christian M Jones (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Publication details: Research in Learning Technology, Vol.23(26155), pp.1-14
Publisher: Co-Action Publishing
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v23.26155
ISSN: 2156-7069
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 C. Stieler-Hunt and C.M. Jones. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449304302621
Output Type: Journal article

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