[game_edu] Virtual worlds and multiple intelligences

[Katrin Becker PhD]

I've done video game analysis using MI:

Katrin Becker, *Video Game Pedagogy: Good Games = Good Pedagogy*, Book 
Chapter (CH. 5, pp. 73-125), in Games: Their Purpose and Potential in 
Education 
<http://www.springer.com/education/learning+&+instruction/book/978-0-387-09774-9> 
edited by Christopher T. Miller, Springer Publishing, 2008

Katrin Becker, *Pedagogy in Commercial Video Games*, Book Chapter , in 
Games and Simulations in Online Learning: Research and Development 
Frameworks 
<http://www.google.com/search?q=Games-Simulations-Online-Learning-Development%2Fdp%2F1599043041%2Fsr%3D8-2%2Fqid%3D1160927537%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%2F702-1708398-2208036%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&btnI=lucky>, 
Information Science Publishing edited by David Gibson, Clark Aldrich and 
Marc Prensky 2006 (Ch. 2 p.21-47)

I also talk about it in my thesis, available online: 
http://www.minkhollow.ca/Thesis07/doku.php?id=thesis:main

-Katrin

On 4/17/2010 8:10 PM, Ricardo Rademacher wrote:

>

> Hello All!

>

> I’m writing a book chapter on using Howard Gardner’s Multiple 

> Intelligence (MI) theory and applying it to Virtual Worlds (VWs).

>

> The reviewers say that I have to make a stronger connection with past 

> works in MI and video games. While my ideas are more focused on VWs, 

> they also want MI and games. All the same, however, to my knowledge, 

> while there are video games used to teach or showcase MI theory, I’ve 

> not come across a book or journal where it’s been used in the analysis 

> or design of a video game. I’ve really drawn a blank in my past 

> research on MI used anywhere near VWs or video games and thus it’s 

> absence in my chapter contribution.

>

> But to be sure, does anyone have any leads on this kind of literature? 

> Has anyone published anything like this in the past? I want to be sure 

> I cover all past intersections and studies of MI, VW, and games for my 

> chapter!

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Ricardo Rademacher, PhD

>

> Futur-E-Scape, LLC founder

>

> http://www.TheVniversity.com

>


-- 
*Katrin Becker, PhD* /(sent from Mink Hollow)/
*Senior Partner, Mink Hollow Studio* (http://minkhollowstudio.ca 
<http://minkhollowstudio.ca/> )
*Adjunct Professor* School of Interactive Arts and Technology 
<http://www.siat.sfu.ca/>, Simon Fraser University <http://www.sfu.ca/> 
(BC, Canada)
E-mail: becker at minkhollow.ca <mailto:becker at minkhollow.ca>
HomePage: http://minkhollow.ca/becker

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