The construction of gamer identity in narratives about video game playing and formal education learning experiences

This study investigates how video game play influences gamers’ formal education through perceptions of their ‘gamer’ and ‘learner’ identities. Based on identity foundation in symbolic interactionism, we take gamer and learner identities as meaning structures with both dynamic and stable dimensions....

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Main Authors: Jingyang Ai, Beth Cross, Carole Bignell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Learning Technology 2023-11-01
Series:Research in Learning Technology
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Online Access:https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/article/view/2852/3078