Representations and Concepts of Borders in Digital Strategy Games and Their Potential for Political Education in Geography Teaching
Journal: Education Sciences
Year: 2019

In Germany, 93% of young people between the ages of 10 and 18 play video games daily. Political geography, in particular popular geopolitics, have found that video games can help to establish and develop people’s understanding of geopolitics. Consequently, this affects geography education, providing both challenges and opportunities for teaching. Geography teaching is an integral part of political education as students need to understand how boundaries and territories create spaces with regards