Supporting Adult Learners through Games and Interactive Teaching

Chandni Hirani

ISBN 10: 1032136154 / ISBN 13: 9781032136158

Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB, 2022

About this Item

Games-based teaching offers an engaging way for students and adult learners to interact with concepts and build their problem-solving and communication skills. This exciting book will help educators integrate games into their classes and shows how this method of teaching improves motivation, as well as diversifies and solidifies learners' skill sets.Bringing together expert contributors from the Professors Without Borders' global network who have effectively used interactive games-based approaches in their teaching, the book features 13 unique games that teach a wide variety of skills across a range of difficulty levels. The chapters highlight the skills of strategy, decision-making, communication, teamwork, problem-solving, reflective thinking and empathy being used by participants alongside the pedagogical principles that underpin each game. Suitable for online and in-person teaching, this book will be valuable reading for educators working with student and adult learners looking to adopt innovative and interactive teaching methods, as well as those interested in learning about how game-based teaching can improve vital skills.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Supporting Adult Learners through Games and Interactive Teaching
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032136154
• ISBN 13: 9781032136158
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 360 grams

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Synopsis

Games-based teaching offers an engaging way for students and adult learners to interact with concepts and build their problem-solving and communication skills. This exciting book will help educators integrate games into their classes and shows how this method of teaching improves motivation, as well as diversifies and solidifies learners’ skill sets.

Bringing together expert contributors from the Professors Without Borders’ global network who have effectively used interactive games-based approaches in their teaching, the book features 13 unique games that teach a wide variety of skills across a range of difficulty levels. The chapters highlight the skills of strategy, decision-making, communication, teamwork, problem-solving, reflective thinking and empathy being used by participants alongside the pedagogical principles that underpin each game.

Suitable for online and in-person teaching, this book will be valuable reading for educators working with student and adult learners looking to adopt innovative and interactive teaching methods, as well as those interested in learning about how game-based teaching can improve vital skills.

About the Author

Chandni Hirani is Head of Africa Programmes in the Entrepreneurship division at the London School of Economics and Accelerator Manager at Katapult VC. She is a volunteer lecturer with Professors Without Borders.

Caroline Varin is Senior Lecturer at Regent’s University and Associate at the London School of Economics LSEIDEAS, UK, and CEO of Professors Without Borders.