Abstract
young CS:GO players and their coach enrolled in an esports program at a sports college in the greater Copenhagen area. Through observation and group interviews we try to identify the pedagogical goals of the coach and how these are understood and experienced by the players. Based on Gee’s notion of affinity space and Dialogical Self Theory, we explore how the players position themselves in relation to their esports activities as well as their perception of what it takes to be a competent player. The preliminary findings show that both the players and their coach emphasize healthy culture (‘sund spilkultur’) as a key aspect of the esports activities. Thus, players believe that being able to communicate well and in a
respectful tone is a core competency on par with technical skills and understanding of the game. In summary, players report that their experience of better communication skills is an ongoing concern both inside and outside of the game. In addition, the players describe how their ‘people skills’ transfer to friends, family and school work as a result of esports training.
| Original language | Danish |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Game-Based Learning |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Place of Publication | Reading |
| Publisher | Academic Conferences and Publishing International |
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Pages | 535-542 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-912764-38-9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-912764-37-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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eSport skills are people skills. / Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal; Hanghøj, Thorkild.
Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Game-Based Learning. Reading : Academic Conferences and Publishing International, 2019. p. 535-542.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review
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T1 - eSport skills are people skills
AU - Nielsen, Rune Kristian Lundedal
AU - Hanghøj, Thorkild
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Esports is the fastest growing sports industry globally, and esports research is becoming more prevalent. However, there is a lack of research on what 21st century skills esports players develop. This study examines the experiences of nineyoung CS:GO players and their coach enrolled in an esports program at a sports college in the greater Copenhagen area. Through observation and group interviews we try to identify the pedagogical goals of the coach and how these are understood and experienced by the players. Based on Gee’s notion of affinity space and Dialogical Self Theory, we explore how the players position themselves in relation to their esports activities as well as their perception of what it takes to be a competent player. The preliminary findings show that both the players and their coach emphasize healthy culture (‘sund spilkultur’) as a key aspect of the esports activities. Thus, players believe that being able to communicate well and in arespectful tone is a core competency on par with technical skills and understanding of the game. In summary, players report that their experience of better communication skills is an ongoing concern both inside and outside of the game. In addition, the players describe how their ‘people skills’ transfer to friends, family and school work as a result of esports training.
AB - Esports is the fastest growing sports industry globally, and esports research is becoming more prevalent. However, there is a lack of research on what 21st century skills esports players develop. This study examines the experiences of nineyoung CS:GO players and their coach enrolled in an esports program at a sports college in the greater Copenhagen area. Through observation and group interviews we try to identify the pedagogical goals of the coach and how these are understood and experienced by the players. Based on Gee’s notion of affinity space and Dialogical Self Theory, we explore how the players position themselves in relation to their esports activities as well as their perception of what it takes to be a competent player. The preliminary findings show that both the players and their coach emphasize healthy culture (‘sund spilkultur’) as a key aspect of the esports activities. Thus, players believe that being able to communicate well and in arespectful tone is a core competency on par with technical skills and understanding of the game. In summary, players report that their experience of better communication skills is an ongoing concern both inside and outside of the game. In addition, the players describe how their ‘people skills’ transfer to friends, family and school work as a result of esports training.
KW - Counter-Strike
KW - esport
KW - 21st century skills
KW - communication
KW - affinity space
KW - Game-based Learning
M3 - Konferenceartikel i proceeding
SN - 978-1-912764-38-9
SP - 535
EP - 542
BT - Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Game-Based Learning
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