Estudo da UE conclui jogos de consola beneficiam as crianças

Os jogos "video games", na dose certa, são bons para as crianças.
Sempre na vanguarda, Don Tapscot divulga no site oficial dedicado ao seu tema de estimação, grown up digital, os resultados de um estudo levado a cabo na UE.

"A European Union study has found that video games are good for children and teach them valuable life skills. Specifically, “video games can stimulate learning of facts and skills such as strategic thinking, creativity, cooperation and innovative thinking, which are important skills in the information society.”

Toine Manders, the Dutch elected official who drafted the report, told the Guardian that: “Video games are in most cases not dangerous. We heard evidence from experts on computer games and psychologists from France, the US, Germany and the Netherlands and they told us that video games have a positive contribution to make to the education of minors.”

The study called for schools to consider using games for educational purposes. “Schools should pay attention to video games and inform children and parents about benefits and disadvantages that video games can have.”

This report is just as positive as the Pew Internet & American Life Project study that I wrote about when it was released in October 2008. “The stereotype that gaming is a solitary, violent, anti-social activity just doesn’t hold up. The average teen plays all different kinds of games and generally plays them with friends and family both online and offline,” said Amanda Lenhart, author of a report on the survey. “Gaming is a ubiquitous part of life for both boys and girls. For most teens, gaming runs the spectrum from blow-‘em-up mayhem to building communities; from cute-and-simple to complex; from brief private sessions to hours’ long interactions with masses of others.”

So why does the notion of games being bad for kids persist?"

http://www.grownupdigital.com/index.php/2009/02/eu-study-says-video-games-benefit-children/