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How and Why are Computer Games used in youth work

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Scott PagetUniversity of Glasgow

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How (n)

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How could it change youth work practice to respect and engage with this aspect of the young persons world.

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Do we allow young people to lead?

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Does our set up allow us to support real world change?

How (adj)

Do we actively replicate the space where young people go when told to be apart from the family/community?

Why do youth workers use resources without critically considering them?

What categories of things are too challenging for youth workers within the world of a young person?

Why

How much of this opportunity is caused by the physicality of playing computer games together?

Are we providing space for transformation? Who are we expecting to transform?

How do we mark the development of young people?

Theories

Soul meets body

Bringing freedom & real life.

Theographymapping & revealing

Does God have enough plasticity?

Do we view those who come in as capable of this level of reflection?

Embodiment

Which kind do we embody?

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Are we 90% / 9% / 1% compliant?

Research &Theory &

Embodiment =

Open and reveal God in a new way.

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In working with & for do we forget to be with.

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Scott Paget -

@sch3lphttp://www.schelp.co.uk/[email protected]

How and Why are Computer Games used in youth work

contexts?

Scott PagetUniversity of Glasgow