Karen Schrier is Associate Professor of Games and Director of the Games and Emerging Media Program at Marist College. She has over 20 years of experience creating, producing, and designing media, and has worked previously at places like Nickelodeon, BrainPOP, and Scholastic.

How Do We Cultivate Compassion and Respect for Others? That might be the most important question American society faces at this moment, and it is heartening to see Schrier demonstrate that by incorporating taking perspective, games can enhance compassion, reduce bias, and increase respect for others. We the Gamers is a much-needed text on how games, even when they are not overtly ''educational,'' can make a positive difference in the world.

• Contents Acknowledgments Part I. Teaching Ethics and Civics Chapter 1: We the PeopleChapter 2: Why Should We Teach Ethics and Civics?Chapter 3: What Should We Teach? Part II. Using Games for Knowledge and ActionChapter 4: What is the Knowledge We Need?Chapter 5: How Do We Take Real-World Action? Part III. Using Games for Connection and CommunityChapter 6: How Do We Connect and Communicate?Chapter 7: How Do We Understand Ourselves and Our Roles in Society?Chapter 8: How Do We Cultivate Empathy and Respect for Others? Part IV. Using Games for Critical Thinking and InquiryChapter 9: How Do Make and Reflect on Decisions?Chapter 10: How Do We Read and Evaluate Information?Chapter 11: How Do We Analyze Problems and Systems?Chapter 12: How Do We Explore and Design? Part V. Games for Ethics and CivicsChapter 13: Guidelines, Questions, and ConsiderationsChapter 14: We the Gamers Appendix I. Example Lesson Outline 1 Appendix II. Example Lesson Outline 2Appendix III. Design ToolkitAppendix IV. Design PrinciplesAppendix V. Recommendations and Open Questions Notes Index

Karen Schrier is Associate Professor of Games and Director of the Games and Emerging Media Program at Marist College. She has over 20 years of experience creating, producing, and designing media, and has worked previously at places like Nickelodeon, BrainPOP, and Scholastic.

How Do We Cultivate Compassion and Respect for Others? That might be the most important question American society faces at this moment, and it is heartening to see Schrier demonstrate that by incorporating taking perspective, games can enhance compassion, reduce bias, and increase respect for others. We the Gamers is a much-needed text on how games, even when they are not overtly ''educational,'' can make a positive difference in the world.

• Contents Acknowledgments Part I. Teaching Ethics and Civics Chapter 1: We the PeopleChapter 2: Why Should We Teach Ethics and Civics?Chapter 3: What Should We Teach? Part II. Using Games for Knowledge and ActionChapter 4: What is the Knowledge We Need?Chapter 5: How Do We Take Real-World Action? Part III. Using Games for Connection and CommunityChapter 6: How Do We Connect and Communicate?Chapter 7: How Do We Understand Ourselves and Our Roles in Society?Chapter 8: How Do We Cultivate Empathy and Respect for Others? Part IV. Using Games for Critical Thinking and InquiryChapter 9: How Do Make and Reflect on Decisions?Chapter 10: How Do We Read and Evaluate Information?Chapter 11: How Do We Analyze Problems and Systems?Chapter 12: How Do We Explore and Design? Part V. Games for Ethics and CivicsChapter 13: Guidelines, Questions, and ConsiderationsChapter 14: We the Gamers Appendix I. Example Lesson Outline 1 Appendix II. Example Lesson Outline 2Appendix III. Design ToolkitAppendix IV. Design PrinciplesAppendix V. Recommendations and Open Questions Notes Index

Karen Schrier is Associate Professor of Games and Director of the Games and Emerging Media Program at Marist College. She has over 20 years of experience creating, producing, and designing media, and has worked previously at places like Nickelodeon, BrainPOP, and Scholastic.

How Do We Cultivate Compassion and Respect for Others? That might be the most important question American society faces at this moment, and it is heartening to see Schrier demonstrate that by incorporating taking perspective, games can enhance compassion, reduce bias, and increase respect for others. We the Gamers is a much-needed text on how games, even when they are not overtly ''educational,'' can make a positive difference in the world.

• Contents Acknowledgments Part I. Teaching Ethics and Civics Chapter 1: We the PeopleChapter 2: Why Should We Teach Ethics and Civics?Chapter 3: What Should We Teach? Part II. Using Games for Knowledge and ActionChapter 4: What is the Knowledge We Need?Chapter 5: How Do We Take Real-World Action? Part III. Using Games for Connection and CommunityChapter 6: How Do We Connect and Communicate?Chapter 7: How Do We Understand Ourselves and Our Roles in Society?Chapter 8: How Do We Cultivate Empathy and Respect for Others? Part IV. Using Games for Critical Thinking and InquiryChapter 9: How Do Make and Reflect on Decisions?Chapter 10: How Do We Read and Evaluate Information?Chapter 11: How Do We Analyze Problems and Systems?Chapter 12: How Do We Explore and Design? Part V. Games for Ethics and CivicsChapter 13: Guidelines, Questions, and ConsiderationsChapter 14: We the Gamers Appendix I. Example Lesson Outline 1 Appendix II. Example Lesson Outline 2Appendix III. Design ToolkitAppendix IV. Design PrinciplesAppendix V. Recommendations and Open Questions Notes Index