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ARGUMENTS FOR THE PEDAGOGICAL USE OF BOARD GAME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Katalin Szabo, Bela Szabo

First published: 2022https://doi.org/10.35603/sws.iscss.2022/s08.078View metrics

Abstract

The study provides an overview of the pedagogical role of board games. In every section of it argues for the importance and role of them: in the first part it presents a short historical overview by offering evidences and examples of how they were used in different eras, starting from a couple of thousand years B. C. Another part of the article deals with the development of game theories and the perception of using board games for pedagogical aim. As it concludes from this section, these thoughts and ideas are also well routed in the existence of humanity. The study also shows how board games became an important pedagogical tool in school education in former times and offers scripts and hints of implementation for the present times. The last part offers a description of grouping possibilities of board games with many examples, and presents concrete recommendations for board games that can be used in language and math literacy areas in elementary school. These could be useful advices for practitioners from the schools (but not exclusively) how board games may be used in pedagogical context.

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Title
ARGUMENTS FOR THE PEDAGOGICAL USE OF BOARD GAME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Authors
Katalin Szabo, Bela Szabo
Proceedings
Proceedings of 9th SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences - ISCSS 2022
Publisher
SGEM WORLD SCIENCE (SWS) Scholarly Society
Year
2022
Pages
667-674
SWS Citekey
Szabo20228667674
ISSN
2682-9959
ISBN
978-3-903438-04-0
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
board gameelementary schoolboard game pedagogylinguistic and mathematical literacy
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