2026-09-18T19:15:27Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1241982026-06-16T18:14:38Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131022
Eric Klopfer.
Haas, Jason(Jason Michael)
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
2020-03-23T18:11:23Z
2020-03-23T18:11:23Z
2019
2019
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124198
1145278970
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2019
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-101).
Committee of N is a collaborative card game where players deepen their learning about educational policy and the history of education in the U.S. by creating new kinds of schools based on design constraints implemented through random card draws. In the core game play, players are randomly assigned educational values (e.g. belief in multiple intelligences or achievement on high-stakes tests) from a deck along with a specific school element (bell schedule, graduation requirements, etc.), and they then creatively design the element to reflect their assigned values. By using cards as context for discussion, research, and design, undergraduate education students become animated about the possibilities of designing and imagining the school they would most like to teach in, grounded in theory and practice. By examining student work created in the normal course of class, by interviewing students and teaching staff, and by examining student artifacts, I make the case that students are learning and reflecting as educational professionals. I argue that both game affordances and construction kit affordances help students create a constructive lens, marking a professional capacity to decompose existing learning environments as well as to modify and design their own.
by Jason Haas.
Ph.D.
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences
101 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Committee of N : playful design in teacher education
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