Set Phasers to Teach! Star Trek in Research and Teaching /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rabitsch, Stefan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gabriel, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Elmenreich, Wilfried (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Brown, John N.A (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Education-Data processing.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Learning.; Instruction.; Computers and Education.; Philosophy of Education.; Learning & Instruction.

For 50 years, Star Trek has been an inspiration to its fans around the world, helping them to dream of a better future. This inspiration has entered our culture and helped to shape much of the technology of the early 21st Century. The contributors to this volume are researchers and teachers in a wid...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• "Where Many Books Have Gone Before": Using Star Trek to Teach Literature
• From 'Shalom' Aleichem' to 'Live Long and Prosper': Engaging with Post-War American Jewish Identity via Star Trek: The Original Series
• "Wagon Wheels, Sails, and Warp Cores": Star Trek and American Culture: Between Allegory and Worldbuilding
• Hot to Name a Starship: Starfleet between Anglo-American Bias and the Ideals of Humanism
• The Computer of the 23rd Century: Real-World HCI based on Star Trek
• The Energy System in Star Trek and its Real-Life Counterparts
• "My People once lived in Caves": Pre-modern Societies in Star Trek
• "Ready to Beam Up": Star Trek and its Interactions with Science, Research and Technology
• "Teaching with Trek": Star Trek, the LGBTQ+ Community, and College Composition
• "Resistance is Futile": Using the Borg to Teach Collective Computing
• Telepathic Pathology in Star Trek
• Playing Captain Kirk: Designing a Video Games based on Star Trek
• To Seek Out New Forms of Knowledge: Viewing Star Trek as an Introduction to Cognitive Science and Ways of Thinking about Narrative, Theory of Mind, and Difference
• La Forge's VISOR and the Pictures in Our Heads: Understanding through Star Trek
• "Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end": Using Star Trek to Teach Scientific Thinking
• Complete list of Star Trek films, and Televised Episodes (by series).