Call for abstracts open 31st January 2024

Abstract submission closes 31st May 2024

The organising committee warmly invite you to submit abstract proposals for oral and poster presentations, as well as symposia at the conference.  The scientific program focuses on various disciplinary fields and perspectives. The theme of TGfU2024 is:

Innovation, inspiration, and inclusion in games based teaching and coaching

Innovation

Designing innovative experiences and environments

Inclusion

Embracing equity, inclusion and cultural responsiveness

Inspiration

Advancing and inspiring new understandings of games education

INNOVATION

Designing innovative experiences and environments

This theme explores innovative approaches to designing learning environments and lessons. It includes the field of emerging and/or online technologies for teaching and learning games, as well as enhancing the quality of teacher and coach education. Contributions may be in the form of both workshops and presentations related innovative teaching ideas and enhancing practice with emerging technology

INCLUSION

Embracing equity, inclusion and cultural responsiveness

This theme examines being inclusive as it relates to diversity. It includes issues related to equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, language, religion and cultural responsiveness. It also includes the need to recognise indigenous and cross cultural/language ways of knowing. Contributions may be in the form of both workshops and presentations related to expanding the model to be more inclusive of the populations and diversity educators work with.

INSPIRATION

Advancing and inspiring new understandings of games education

This theme challenges and advances the field of game-based learning (GBL). It addresses the conceptual, theoretical and research base of TGfU and GBL. It includes gamification and esports as they relate to coaching and teaching. Contributions are in the form of research informed presentations that inspire new understandings of games education.