Supporting Adult Learners through Games and Interactive Teaching: A Practical Guide - Paperback

by Chandni Hirani (Editor), Caroline Varin (Editor)

Games-based teaching offers an engaging way for students and adult learners to interact with concepts and build their problem-solving and communication skills. This exciting book will help educators integrate games into their classes and shows how this method of teaching improves motivation, as well as diversifies and solidifies learners' skill sets.

Bringing together expert contributors from the Professors Without Borders' global network who have effectively used interactive games-based approaches in their teaching, the book features 13 unique games that teach a wide variety of skills across a range of difficulty levels. The chapters highlight the skills of strategy, decision-making, communication, teamwork, problem-solving, reflective thinking and empathy being used by participants alongside the pedagogical principles that underpin each game.

Suitable for online and in-person teaching, this book will be valuable reading for educators working with student and adult learners looking to adopt innovative and interactive teaching methods, as well as those interested in learning about how game-based teaching can improve vital skills.

Author Biography

Chandni Hirani is Head of Africa Programmes in the Entrepreneurship division at the London School of Economics and Accelerator Manager at Katapult VC. She is a volunteer lecturer with Professors Without Borders.

Caroline Varin is Senior Lecturer at Regent's University and Associate at the London School of Economics LSEIDEAS, UK, and CEO of Professors Without Borders.