GAME BASED LEARNING
Educational games are games explicitly designed with educational purposes, or which have incidental or secondary educational value. All types of games may be used in an educational environment. Educational games are games that are designed to help people to learn about certain subjects, expand concepts, reinforce development, understand a historical event or culture, or assist them in learning a skill as they play. An educational game is a game designed to teach humans about a specific subject and to teach them a skill. As educators, governments, and parents realize the psychological need and benefits of gaming have on learning, this educational tool has become mainstream. Games are interactive play that teach us goals, rules, adaptation, problem-solving, interaction, all represented as a story. They satisfy our fundamental need to learn by providing enjoyment, passionate involvement, structure, motivation, ego gratification, adrenaline, creativity, social interaction and emotion in the game itself while the learning takes places.
- Using games in class as a teaching method
- Using drama tools as social inclusion tools
- Knowing games from different countries and cultures
- Evaluation technics through games
- Intercultural experience
Cost: 400 Euros
Daily Activities: 09:00- 17:00 (6-hour training course)
DAY 1
- Welcome Activity – Pre-test
- Knowing Each other through Games
- Trust Each other through games
- Team Building
- What is Game-Based Learning
DAY 2
- Energizers
- Analysis of a Game
- Traditional Games
- Intercultural Game Pool,
- Game in classroom
DAY 3
- Energizers
- Games as teaching methods
- Drama games
- Board and Card Games: with descriptions of geoscience games
DAY 4
- Energizers
- Video Games (Digital Game-Based Learning)
- Sport Games
- Game and material planning
DAY 5
- Energizers
- Evaluation through games – Protest
- Certificate Ceremony and Closure
- Cultural Activities- City Visit
* The programme will be designed according to the profile and needs of the groups.