Gaming Education: Learning about Climate Change through Digital Game-Based Teaching

Tania Ouariachi; María D. Olvera-Lobo; José Gutiérrez-Pérez

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Learning about Climate Change through Digital Game-Based Teaching

In: Education for Democracy 2.0

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Tania Ouariachi

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María D. Olvera-Lobo

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Pages:: 158–180

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004448490_010

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Abstract

Climate change is a global pressing challenge that requires social action in which young people are called upon to make a difference. However, surveys show that knowledge of the issue is still limited and that a strong commitment to adopting measures for mitigating and adapting to climate change is still lacking. While scientific literacy is important for many reasons, it is too simplistic to think that educational approaches with emphasis on reasoning skills are sufficient to bring about a change. The existence of climate change skepticism and denial forces us to consider a more effective strategy: a strategy for educators that should also embrace digital media literacy to inspire independent thinking and critical analysis with the goal of participating in meaningful ways to a society with a changing climate. Taking into consideration that young people are constantly exposed to digital games, there is an urgent need to explore this type of media. The proposed chapter aims to present an overview of currently available climate change games based on literature review and web search. A second objective is to discuss a project intervention in class using a climate and energy-related game with Spanish and American students: the impact on students and the experience by teachers. Finally, we provide in this chapter a framework with validated criteria by a panel of experts to critically analyze climate change games

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Education for Democracy 2.0

Changing Frames of Media Literacy

Series: Critical Media Literacies Series, Volume: 6

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004448490

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 23 Dec 2020

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Introduction The Struggle over Meaning in a World in Crisis

Part 1 Engaging the Community

Chapter 2 Participatory Democratic Production

Chapter 3 Video Production and Global Civic Education

Chapter 4 Media Education for the Inclusion of At-Risk Youth

Chapter 5 Disability Representation in Digital Media in Zimbabwe

Chapter 6 Merging Media and Information Literacy and Human Rights Education

Part 2 Framing Media Literacy

Chapter 7 The Critical Mindset in Times of Distrust

Chapter 8 Buying into Participatory Culture?

Chapter 9 Gaming Education

Chapter 10 Not without Us

Chapter 11 Is It All Just Emojis and LOL

Chapter 12 The Social Media Landscape

Part 3 Transforming the Classroom

Chapter 13 Critical Pedagogy for the Media Generation

Chapter 14 Post-Truth Explorers

Chapter 15 Nine Key Insights

Chapter 16 Building Digital Bridges to Our Public Sphere

Chapter 17 Learning Democracy by Doing Wikiversity

Chapter 18 Multiliteracies and the Critical Thinker

Postscript Bubbles and Baubles

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