Use of Games in Face-to-face Classroom Teaching in Nursing and Midwifery Education
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of games in face-to-face classroom/tutorial/clinical learning environments in nursing student education and to provide a useful resource for educators. This paper provides details of a search of electronic databases for an eleven year period (2001-2011), where 21 papers were found which met the inclusion criteria. These articles have been reviewed and analysed. Predominantly the articles were descriptive only gaming strategies, with only five papers being research based gaming strategies. The listed articles would be a useful resource for nurse and midwifery educators who wished to access a collective list of games published in peer-review journals for use in their teaching. Overall, this review has implications for nurse and midwifery educators who are interested in innovative and creative teaching strategies to foster closer lecturer-student relationships, such as the use of games. Additionally, future research on the use of games in teaching is required.Downloads
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