Teaching Culture in a Game

This is a feature at TA, that shares TED talks that can help you be a better educator. These posts will be archived on the Philosophy page.  The general focus is Education but are not limited to that. They can include other things as well.

I remain to be amazed at how many wonderful ideas people have and how all of those people find themselves on a TED stage. In this TED talk Brenda Brathwaite is discussing how she has began to teach various cultures and their difficult histories through games.

I think that educators can learn how to deal with the most difficult topics a little better by using these theories of teaching.

Here is Brenda Brathwaite: Gaming for understanding:

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