InterGames: Incorporating Interdisciplinarity in Secondary School Education Using Conflict Video Games

<< Objectives >>InterGames aims to enhance secondary school curricula and build teachers’ and students’ capacities by introducing interdisciplinary approaches to education through conflict video games. Interdisciplinarity, conflict and video games are the three main components of the project, which help students (14-16 y/o) to acquire 21st-century skills (critical thinking, problem-solving, emotional intelligence) to enter the labor market, become active citizens and thrive in personal life. << Implementation >>WP2 identifies educational gaps, best practices and theory to produce a Virtual Learning Lab (VLL) with modules, interactive multimedia resources and micro-challenges on interdisciplinary learning using video games with conflict scenarios. WP3 uses the VLL to train secondary teachers using a customized pedagogical framework. WP4 engages students in opportunities to practically adopt interdisciplinarity and bridges the gap in academia on interdisciplinarity in secondary schools. << Results >>The project will result in a Virtual Learning Lab and pedagogical sequences with video games for secondary teachers’ training on interdisciplinary learning, video games as tools for education and conflict as a case study of multilayered, modern challenges, and subsequent adaptation in their lessons. Following the engagement and feedback of teachers and students, InterGames will culminate in a scientific report assessing the effectiveness of interdisciplinary learning in secondary schools.