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Developing a Game-Based Learning Pedagogy for Teaching History using Napoleon Total War.

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Title: Developing a Game-Based Learning Pedagogy for Teaching History using Napoleon Total War.
Authors: Stack, Michael1 StackMDL@ufs.ac.za, Bunt, Byron2 byron.bunt@nwu.ac.za
Source: Yesterday & Today: Journal for History Education in South Africa & Abroad. Dec2023, Issue 30, p9-35. 27p.
Subject Terms: *Gamification, *History education, *Teaching methods, War, Research questions
People: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Abstract: Current digital game-based learning (DGBL) methods for teaching history require a significant outlay in information and communications technology (ICT). This, in effect, constitutes a significant obstacle in implementing DGBL in the South African and Zimbabwean school context. Most schools do not have the infrastructure to equip entire classes with gaming-capable computers or sufficient access to electricity or the internet. This paper investigates how access to DGBL can be improved in challenged teaching and learning contexts by designing a pedagogy that is more readily adaptable to challenges presented in South African and Zimbabwean classrooms. The research uses a design-based research design where compatibility issues of DGBL are analysed with the aim of developing a more integrated approach that is then tested and evaluated in order to redesign the approach. The primary research question was: "How can Game Based Learning techniques and traditional history pedagogy be integrated to promote the use of Napoleon Total War in Southern African secondary school history classrooms?" [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Current digital game-based learning (DGBL) methods for teaching history require a significant outlay in information and communications technology (ICT). This, in effect, constitutes a significant obstacle in implementing DGBL in the South African and Zimbabwean school context. Most schools do not have the infrastructure to equip entire classes with gaming-capable computers or sufficient access to electricity or the internet. This paper investigates how access to DGBL can be improved in challenged teaching and learning contexts by designing a pedagogy that is more readily adaptable to challenges presented in South African and Zimbabwean classrooms. The research uses a design-based research design where compatibility issues of DGBL are analysed with the aim of developing a more integrated approach that is then tested and evaluated in order to redesign the approach. The primary research question was: "How can Game Based Learning techniques and traditional history pedagogy be integrated to promote the use of Napoleon Total War in Southern African secondary school history classrooms?" [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:22230386
DOI:10.17159/2223-0386/2023/n30a2