Shawn Thorgersen
In this case study, a table role-playing game was implemented in a high school English class studying Sophocles’ Antigone, intended to help a classroom instructor achieve specific, targeted objectives. Upon completion of the game sessions, all participants were interviewed to share their experience and insights into using the table role-playing game and how it impacted […]
In this high school English teacher’s experience, carrying a board game to class has sometimes raised concerns among supervisors. Is the teacher wasting class time with meaningless fun? Well, no. For this interactive presentation, educator and researcher Shawn Thorgersen presents findings from his own research and offers a literature review of compelling articles that speak […]