Publisher's Synopsis
Why are so many students intellectually disengaged? Faculty, administrators, and tuition-paying parents have been asking this question for nearly two centuries. And the answer is always more or less the same: students are so deeply absorbed in competitive social play (fraternities, sports, beer pong, 'World of Warcraft', social media) that they neglect academics. In 'Minds on Fire', Carnes shows how role-immersion games channel students competitive (and sometimes mischievous) impulses into transformative learning experiences.
