Search for dissertations about: "game education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words game education.
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1. Determinants and Consequences of Language-in-Education Policies : Essays in Economics of Education
Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical studies. The first study, Rationales to Language-in-Education Policies in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Holistic Approach, considers two issues. First, it explores the factors affecting the choice of an LiE policy in 35 African countries. READ MORE
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2. Simulated "real" worlds : Actions mediated through computer game play in science education
Abstract : Over the last decade, a great variety of visionary ideas and beliefs have been brought forward, regarding the potentials of using computer games as a tool for learning and mediation in educational settings. This thesis aims at contributing to research in this field, by empirically exploring what happens when students play and reflect on their computer game play in science education. READ MORE
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3. Visualising Security through Computer Games : Investigating Game-Based Instruction in ICT Security:an Experimental Approach
Abstract : This thesis investigates whether learning materials in the form of computer games can increase knowledge and comprehension in the area of ICT security.Through a series of experiments carried out in Sweden between the years 2000 and 2003, investigating theoretical knowledge as well as practical knowledge gained through a single-user computer game, data were collected and subjected to quantitative and qualitative analyses. READ MORE
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4. Wargaming in Military Education for Army Officers and Officer Cadets
Abstract : Wargaming has been part of military curricula for about 200 years since the introduction of Kriegsspiel, but it is still something of an art form. This thesis attempts to theorise the practice of military educational wargaming, and specifically to explore why such wargaming takes the form it does. READ MORE
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5. Playing the Ranking Game : Field formation and boundary-work in European management education
Abstract : International ranking lists of business schools and MBA programmes have proliferated in the media in recent years. This thesis aims to understand the development of international rankings and the attention they enjoy in the community of European business schools. READ MORE