Proceedings of the 1st Pedagogika International Conference on Educational Innovation, PICEI 2022, 15 September 2022, Gorontalo, Indonesia

Research Article

Wanted: Good Teachers for Good Teaching Using Games

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.15-9-2022.2335895,
        author={Nikolaus  Pasassung and Ahmad  Ahmad and Wd.  Ekadayanti and La  Sisi and Yulius  Tandisapan},
        title={Wanted: Good Teachers for Good Teaching Using Games},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Pedagogika International Conference on Educational Innovation, PICEI 2022, 15 September 2022, Gorontalo, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={PICEI},
        year={2023},
        month={9},
        keywords={classroom learning classroom teaching games playing games},
        doi={10.4108/eai.15-9-2022.2335895}
    }
    
  • Nikolaus Pasassung
    Ahmad Ahmad
    Wd. Ekadayanti
    La Sisi
    Yulius Tandisapan
    Year: 2023
    Wanted: Good Teachers for Good Teaching Using Games
    PICEI
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.15-9-2022.2335895
Nikolaus Pasassung1,*, Ahmad Ahmad1, Wd. Ekadayanti1, La Sisi1, Yulius Tandisapan2
  • 1: Universitas Sulawesi Tenggara, Kendari, Indonesia
  • 2: Universitas Halu Oleo, Indonesia
*Contact email: npas61@yahoo.com.au

Abstract

Games are part of human life. Both traditional and modern societies create games as part of their culture for various purposes such as for rituals in their beliefs, values teaching, or just for fun. It is commonly believed that playing games is one of the human favorite activities which can kill boredoms due to their entertaining effects. Nowadays, a lot of games are created for entertaining and for educational purposes. This article is going to support the argument that bringing games into the classroom teaching can contribute to the improvement of not only the quality of students’ learning, but also their personal quality. It will conclude with the calling for good teachers who can effectively use games as multifunction method for classroom teaching.