Minds on Fire: How Role-Immersion Games Transform College

by Mark C. Carnes

Book Overview

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

In Minds on Fire, Mark C. Carnes shows how role-immersion games channel students' competitive (and sometimes mischievous) impulses into transformative learning experiences. His discussion is based on interviews with scores of students and faculty who have used a pedagogy called Reacting to the Past, which features month-long games set during the French Revolution, Galileo's trial,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984099
• ISBN13: 9780674984097
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"