In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of digital games to enhance
teaching and learning at all educational levels, from early years through to lifelong learning …

There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the
world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure …

This article offers an empirically based contribution to the growing body of studies using
Conversation Analysis (CA) as a tool for analyzing second/foreign language learning in and …

The Routledge Dance Studies Reader represents the range and diversity of writings from
the 1980s and 1990s, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance …

The gaming industry has seen dramatic change and expansion with the emergence of
'casual'games that promote shorter periods of gameplay. Free to download, but structured …

This paper addresses additional language learning as rooted in participation in the social
activity of collaborative game‐play. Building on a social‐interactional view of learning, it …

This thesis is concerned with how the coveted user-engagement of digital games can be
usefully harnessed for educational goals. Educational software has traditionally used …

While a growing number of studies investigate the role of knowledge and interactional
management of knowledge asymmetries in conversation analysis, the epistemic …

This article develops and expands on earlier work of the authors, which posits the idea of
considering gamers as a (media) audience—enabling parallels to be drawn with wider …

All work and no play makes for a dull museum visitor Page 1 Drawing from a constructivist
view of learning and play research, the author explores the potential of play in the unique …