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Playing/Writing: Connecting Video Games, Learning, and Composition

Rutherford, Kevin J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281125116

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis examines the connection between video games and composition pedagogy. Video games are defined generally, and then specifically outlined in relation to writing classrooms. The remainder of the thesis outlines three distinct examples of ways composition pedagogy might connect with the interdisciplinary field of game studies. Chapter 2 outlines a heuristic of interrelated approaches – contextual, narrative, and procedural – to analyze video games as rhetorical objects. Chapter 3 introduces “serious games” as an enactment of the heuristic and as a type of video game that fits with composition’s goals of citizenship education. Chapter 4 discusses a class unit wherein students programmed/wrote text-based video games, arguing that writing and programming overlap and suggesting this overlap is a fruitful space to explore in writing classrooms.
Heidi McKee, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jason Palmeri, PhD (Committee Member)
Timothy Melley, PhD (Committee Member)
99 p.
Composition; Education; Educational Software; Rhetoric; Teaching
games; video games; metal gear; interactive fiction; serious games; oiligarchy; composition; writing; pedagogy; game studies

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  • Rutherford, K. J. (2010). Playing/Writing: Connecting Video Games, Learning, and Composition [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281125116

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rutherford, Kevin. Playing/Writing: Connecting Video Games, Learning, and Composition. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281125116.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rutherford, Kevin. "Playing/Writing: Connecting Video Games, Learning, and Composition." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281125116

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