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标题：Financial Video Games: A Financial Literacy Tool for Social Workers
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作者：Kristin Richards, Jaclyn M. Williams, Thomas E. Smith, Bruce A. Thyer
期刊名称：International Journal of Social Work
电子版ISSN：2332-7278
出版年度：2015
期号：4749
页码：22-35
出版社：Macrothink Institute
摘要：The purpose of this article is to describe a new approach to practice for social workers, providing financial education services to their clients through the use of personal-finance video games. Addressing the financial concerns of individuals and families has long been part of social work practice. However, video games designed for educational purposes (i.e. digital game-based learning) provide a new interactive teaching method which emphasizes experiential learning. Some technological advantages to using video games for educational purposes are: interactivity, accessibility, individualization, low cost per user, the ease of updating the content, and the attractiveness of the graphics. Educational video games support and strengthen: school achievement, cognitive abilities, motivation towards learning, attention and concentration. Overall, the literature indicates that digital game-based learning is a viable and promising method for social workers to provide financial educational services to their clients.