Student-Designed Games: Strategies for Promoting Creativity, Cooperaton, and Skill Development

Description

Make games fun again! Students love games, but unfortunately, games are often taught in ways that alienate or exclude less-skilled students. Or worse yet, students find the games boring because they have no voice in how the games are played. "Student-Designed Games", lets students discover why rules are important, but also gives them the freedom to change rules by changing elements of the games they play. This creates unique games that present new tactical problems that players must solve or overcome. This is the perfect book to keep students on their toes by giving them the challenge to be creative and inclusive, but most importantly to have fun.

Peter Hastie, professor in the department of kinesiology at Auburn University, has been teaching strategies for student designed games in both schools and universities. He has also researched the potential of student designed games to help students become more engaged in physical education, as well as develop a deeper understanding of games. Dr. Hastie is a member of AAHPERD, American Educational Research Association (AERA), and International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP). He enjoys whitewater rafting, traveling, and overland trekking.