Playing games in class? Professor Pei Wei of Peking University: Games are part of our lives

In the popular concept, games and education are two things that can’t be played by the eight poles, and the class “playing games” is often regarded as a performance that does not seriously study. However, in recent years, there have been frequent occurrences of “playing games” in students abroad, and this phenomenon has not been criticized by teachers in the public imagination, but has also been encouraged and affirmed by teachers

It turns out that a few years ago, there were already examples of using the game to teach classrooms abroad. Finnish education, which has long been known as “no specific education system” and has been at the forefront of the world, has been replaced by Finnish education after the local education bureau replaced the elementary and secondary school curriculum education with practical scene-themed teaching. Workers try this new way of teaching with games for classroom education and introduce a game called “My World” into the classroom

New educational trends, functional games gradually reveal the teaching charm.

Since the introduction of games into the classroom by educators in Finland, many foreign educators have begun to experiment with this new type of education. Using the fun, open and inspiring features of the game, it is integrated into the classroom education to cultivate students’ imagination, logical thinking and social skills

In recent times, this kind of game that can be integrated into classroom education has been classified as a functional game, that is, to help people solve practical problems such as education, work and life through games while maintaining the fun of the game. Game. The way to conduct classroom education through functional games is also popular abroad

The functional game “My World” is one of the representatives. The game itself has no fixed gameplay. Players can create freely in the game and get different experiences in it. Foreign educators, through the infinite creation of the game, integrate geography, history, physics, art and even programming knowledge, so that students can learn knowledge in the joy of the game and achieve educational and entertaining. Effect

There are more than 50 technology summer camps in the US that offer courses in My World programming. In Sweden, the local Victor RybBerg Middle School even incorporates My World into compulsory courses; and there are already more than one in the world. Twenty-five “My World” programming books for students are published, and more than 7,000 schools use “My World” for teaching

Education is on the domestic line, Dr. Wei is a functional game testimony.

Although this kind of education method for teaching classrooms with function games first appeared abroad, but in recent days, there have been attempts to educate the game of “My World”

In February of this year, “My World” was held in conjunction with NASA’s NASA in Hangzhou to hold an offline space exhibition, using the infinite creative nature of “My World” combined with space knowledge, and presented with game fun. Knowledge of space. On China Aerospace Day, the professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics integrated “My World” into the astronomical open class, showing this new way of education in an entertaining way; then collaborating with the National Bureau of Cultural Relics in Guangzhou. Open the journey of “fixed history”, combine traditional and functional games, and promote Chinese traditional culture

“Dr. Wei” – Wei Kunlin, a professor of psychology at Peking University and a doctoral tutor known to the Chinese public, became the chief experience officer of “My World” and attended the “My World” Developer Conference and Anniversary At the time of the celebration, the “construction, social, and first-person visual” elements in functional games were proposed to promote the brain’s ability

“My World” is a representative of functional games, which shows the game features of “high degree of freedom, duality of construction and socialization”, and an educational platform that can become a complex and interesting knowledge. Dr. Wei said that children are interested in games and that displaying knowledge in the form of games will make the class more interesting and interesting

Reverse traditional education concepts, and can play games in class

The domestic market is increasingly affirming and promoting the positive effects of functional games on education. In September this year, the “Functional Game Development Award” issued by the Central Academy of Fine Arts proved the achievements of “My World” in the field of functional games. It is a game that can be used as a platform to allow players to develop in an all-round way, so that knowledge and culture can be continuously passed down and innovated. As educators and even parents, we should pay more attention to the application of functional games in education, train future talents through functional game education, reverse traditional concepts, and let “play games” enter the world of students

Compared with traditional curriculum-based education, assisting education through functional games is also slightly new in China. However, under the impact of the Internet trend, only by constantly trying new ways of education can we cultivate the new talents that the times need. With the popularity of computers, data statistics and programming will become the core direction of future social development. Programming education for young people through “My World” is in line with the development trend of the times