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Saving the World One Game at a Time? Justice, Digital Play, and Games for Change

Mark Hayse

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The "Games for Change" organization sponsors video game innovations that seek to teach justice and compassion through digital play. Play encompasses many dimensions: learning and growth, perspective taking, self-reflection, critical thinking, and adaptive thinking. However, the educational aims of these games may be diluted by the latent structural qualities within the chosen medium of digital play. In addition, religion appears to be an underutilized resource within these games, despite the great promise and potential of religious education. This study relies heavily upon literature review and case studies from within the Games for Change community of practice.

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Publish Year: 2012

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Copyright NotesThis resource is viewable by all users of the site, and is reproduced here with the permission of the author. This presentation was presented at the Religious Education Association Conference in November 2012.

KeywordsGames for Change, video games, justice, compassion, religious education

Periodical Year2012

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Faculty and student scholarship related to the MidAmerica Nazarene University Christian Ministry and Formation Department (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences).