Playing to Learn with Reacting to the Past - by C Edward Watson & Thomas Chase Hagood (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This book provides classroom practice and research studies that verify Reacting to the Past (RTTP)--a student-centered, active learning pedagogy that provides college students and faculty unique teaching and learning opportunities--as a high impact practice for student learning and engagement. The overarching objective of this book is to collect practices and evidence from multiple disciplines and institution types regarding the efficacy of RTTP in higher education classroom settings. At its core, RTTP is a game-based pedagogy with published games on some of the most conflicted moments of human history. While RTTP is deeply grounded in theory and literature that suggests its approaches can be impactful, deep and broad examinations of RTTP pedagogies in a range of course settings have not been extensively performed until now. This book provides guidance and an evidence-base on which to build RTTP practices.

From the Back Cover

This book provides classroom practice and research studies that verify Reacting to the Past (RTTP)--a student-centered, active learning pedagogy that provides college students and faculty unique teaching and learning opportunities--as a high impact practice for student learning and engagement. The overarching objective of this book is to collect practices and evidence from multiple disciplines and institution types regarding the efficacy of RTTP in higher education classroom settings. At its core, RTTP is a game-based pedagogy with published games on some of the most conflicted moments of human history. While RTTP is deeply grounded in theory and literature that suggests its approaches can be impactful, deep and broad examinations of RTTP pedagogies in a range of course settings have not been extensively performed until now. This book provides guidance and an evidence-base on which to build RTTP practices.

About the Author

C. Edward Watson is Associate Vice President for the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and formerly director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia, USA.

Thomas Chase Hagood is Director of the Division of Academic Enhancement and Co-Director of the Reacting to the Past program at the University of Georgia, USA.