Imagining a constructionist game-based pedagogical model| Using tabletop role-playing game creation to enhance literature education in high school English classes

• Main Author: Glazer, Kip
• Language: EN
• Published: Pepperdine University 2015
• Subjects: Pedagogy|Teacher education|Secondary education|Reading instruction|English literature|Educational technology
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3731117

<p> In today&rsquo;s K-12 educational environment with the newly adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS), improving student literacy as a foundational skill to obtain success in all other subject areas is one of the most important goals. Unfortunately, many literature curricula suffer from a lack of innovative pedagogy despite the introduction of various educational technologies meant to aid student learning. This study focused on developing a new game-based constructionist pedagogical model for literature education using tabletop role-playing game creation. Using Shulman&rsquo;s (1987) Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) that eventually evolved into Mishra and Kohler&rsquo;s (2006) Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as the main theoretical framework, this design-based research showed how tabletop role-playing game creation as a constructionist pedagogical strategy successfully helped high school students to receive the benefits of high quality literature education. </p>