Greetings, everyone!
I've been a long-time lurker of the Smogon forums and as much as I've always wanted to interject my ideas in threads, I feel that I'm not experienced enough to feasibly contribute to the conversation in any manner. I digress.
My professor recently approved my topic proposal for my research paper: "The Pedagogical Applications of Pokemon."
Fancy wording aside, it basically means "How can Pokemon (as a game series) be used to teach?"
I know there have been countless people doing similar papers, but what really attracted me to the topic was all the discussions I've read here in this very forum. It was brought to my attention that competitive Pokemon requires so many skills that are actually applicable to a real-life setting (be it Math or Critical Decision-making). It doesn't matter if you learned something academic (like Math brought about by number-crafting BST's) or something not related to the academe at all (such as social skills brought about by discussions).
Regardless, all I really wanted to ask was:
"What has Pokemon taught you?"
Thank you all in advance!
P.S.
I'm not sure where this would really fit so I played safe and placed it here! Thank you! :D
I've been a long-time lurker of the Smogon forums and as much as I've always wanted to interject my ideas in threads, I feel that I'm not experienced enough to feasibly contribute to the conversation in any manner. I digress.
My professor recently approved my topic proposal for my research paper: "The Pedagogical Applications of Pokemon."
Fancy wording aside, it basically means "How can Pokemon (as a game series) be used to teach?"
I know there have been countless people doing similar papers, but what really attracted me to the topic was all the discussions I've read here in this very forum. It was brought to my attention that competitive Pokemon requires so many skills that are actually applicable to a real-life setting (be it Math or Critical Decision-making). It doesn't matter if you learned something academic (like Math brought about by number-crafting BST's) or something not related to the academe at all (such as social skills brought about by discussions).
Regardless, all I really wanted to ask was:
"What has Pokemon taught you?"
Thank you all in advance!
P.S.
I'm not sure where this would really fit so I played safe and placed it here! Thank you! :D