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Title: MINDS ON FIRE
HOW ROLE-IMMERSION GAMES TRANSFORM COLLEGE
By: Mark C. Carnes
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £25.00


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ISBN 10: 0674735609
ISBN 13: 9780674735606
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 15 September, 2014
Pages: 400
Synopsis: Why are so many students intellectually disengaged? Mark Carnes says it is because students are so deeply absorbed in competitive social play. He shows how month-long role-immersion games in the curriculum can channel those competitive impulses into transformative learning experiences, and how bricks-and-mortar colleges can set young minds on fire.
Illustrations: 1 line illustration, 2 tables
Publication: US
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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