U.K. Classrooms Using Grand Theft Auto as Learning Tool

Posted by admin On April - 9 - 2010

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Students in the U.K. county of Merseyside are learning about violence from a product all-too-familiar to gamers: Grand Theft Auto. The BBC reports on the Merseyside Police Department and a charity group called Support After Murder and Manslaughter (SAMM), who’ve organized a program at local schools to teach 10 and 11-year-old children about the difference between right and wrong — and, likewise, the distinction between real and unreal.

SAMM calls the workshops “Get Real,” and they use everything from Grand Theft Auto screenshots to Itchy and Scratchy clips from The Simpsons to educate kids about good and bad behavior. These images are mixed with flashcards featuring real-life photos of intoxicated adults and arguing parents, and the students are asked to differentiate between the good, the bad, the real, and the unreal.

“Almost any media can be edited to be educational and if the material already attracts children’s interest, it can have a greater impact on them,” explained a Liverpool City Council spokes-person. “This may well be depicting knife-using car thieves as the selfish morons that they are — which of course we would welcome.”

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