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Teaching Local History, Culture, Traditions, and Customs Using Digital Games: Preliminary Results from a Case Study in the Island of Nisyros
Anna Chartofili * annacharto@yahoo.gr * ORCID: 0000-0001-7270-8532 * ResearcherID: AAF-7333-2019
University of the Aegean, Department of Primary Education, Rhodes, GREECE
Emmanuel Fokides * fokides@aegean.gr * ORCID: 0000-0003-3962-0314 * ResearcherID: N-5059-2019
University of the Aegean, Department of Primary Education, Rhodes, GREECE
Open Journal for Educational Research, 2019, 3(2), 81-94 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0302.04081c
Online Published Date: 1 December 2019
LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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KEY WORDS: culture, customs, digital games, high school students, local history, tradition.
ABSTRACT:
The study presents the preliminary results of a project having as an overall objective to examine whether digital games have an impact on teenagers’ cultural identity formation. Having completed the first stage, the results regarding digital games’ impact on knowledge about local history are reported. Thirty high-school students from the island of Nisyros studied the local history, culture, traditions, and customs of their island, using printed material, board games, and digital games. Data were collected using evaluation sheets and a short questionnaire. The results indicated that the digital games were more effective in terms of knowledge acquisition compared with the other tools. Moreover, students were more motivated to learn and enjoyed their teaching more using this medium. Implications for research and practice are also discussed.
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Emmanuel Fokides, University of the Aegean, Department of Primary Education, 1 Dimokratias str., 85132, Rhodes, GREECE. E-mail: fokides@aegean.gr.
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