{"product_id":"work-of-play","title":"Work of Play","description":"Some educational researchers claim that videogames can energize learning in both traditional and non-traditional contexts; cultivate skills more useful to a changing economy; and present information in ways more appealing to students. The notion of «serious games» dates back as early as the 1950s, but so far has failed to make a significant lasting impact on what goes on in education. \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Play\u003c\/i\u003e is an attempt to describe such learning on the micro-level, capturing the moment-by-moment interactions between players and showing how meanings are shaped over time. It builds on anthropological methods, including ethnography and conversation analysis, to re-construct how situated learning occurs and how players’ perception of the game evolves as their experiences with the game change. This is a valuable book for researchers and for classroom use at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate levels.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224440721752,"sku":"9781433109058","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781433109058.jpg?v=1777088757","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/work-of-play","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}