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Running Head: USING GAMIFICATION TO TEACH 1 Using Gamification to Teach an Introductory Ethics Course Maria L. MacMeekin A Capstone Presented to the Teachers College Faculty of Western Governors University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science, Curriculum and Instruction Student Mentor: Liz Moenich Capstone Facilitator: Dr. Don Rainwater USING GAMIFICATION TO TEACH Abstract An Ethical Island is an introductory ethics course designed on gamification mechanics to both increase ethical attitude and aptitude. The course was studied to answer the following two research questions, 1) What effect does The Ethical Island course have on changes in ethical aptitude…show more content…
Pedagogy is the art of education. Education includes more than an expert’s knowledge. It is no longer an impartation from expert into an empty vessel, the student. Education involves concepts like how students learn, in what order or with what cues they might learn, and how to deliver content for enduring learning. These concepts are the basis that every teacher needs. This literature review, provides a brief overview of pedagogy, such as constructivism and cognitivism, and new emerging pedagogy, such as game-based learning and gamification. The content of the literature review is not an exhaustive look at pedagogy, but rather a flashlight in a dark college classroom. The researcher will shine the flashlight on both old concepts that some educators suggest are out dated and should be left in the closet, and other concrete building blocks that are a must have in all classrooms. The flashlight will shine brighter as it relates to the teaching of an ethics course using game theory. This will give a greater understanding of where the ideas of this class originated. Constructivism. Constructivism is a learning framework that holds, “meaningful learning occurs when people actively try to make sense of the world by filtering new ideas and experiences through existing knowledge structures (Snowman, 2009, p.324). ” These structures are also known as schemes. This view of learning is not new and dates back to John…show more content…
Therefore assessment of each component can be ongoing. CBL is a fluid process with many entry points once the big idea is revealed. Inquiry-based learning. Inquiry-based learning is another constructivist action learning pedagogy. It, too, has its roots in Vygotsky, Dewey, and the other social learning theorist. The basic idea is that there is a conclusion to a problem presented to the students and they are to discover if that solution is viable. There are several variations on inquiry-based learning (Banchi & Bell, 2008). Banchi and Bell, 2008, suggest that there are four levels of inquiry. These include confirmation inquiry, structured inquiry, guided inquiry, and open inquiry. They suggest that a student should not start with open inquiry because this is the least controlled of all. Rather, they suggest, students should start at confirmation inquiry. In confirmation inquiry, students are provided with the question, procedure, and the results (Banchi & Bell, 2008). Students are merely learning how to collect data and record. Students are also learning inquiry-based techniques. The next three levels are progressively less teacher oriented and more student oriented. During the structured inquiry students are presented with the question and procedure, but students must formulate the results. During guided inquiry students are provided with only the research question. Finally, during the open inquiry student are asked to “act like scientists, deriving
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