CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Debate at Dawn 1
4. CHAPTER 1. “All Classes Are Sorta Boring” 17
5. CHAPTER 2. Subversive Play: The Bane of Higher Education 37
6. CHAPTER 3. Creating an Academic Subversive Play World 63
7. CHAPTER 4. Critical Thinking and Our Selves 87
8. CHAPTER 5. Overcoming the Silence of the Students 124
9. CHAPTER 6. Learning by Failing 151
10. CHAPTER 7. Building Community and Global Citizenship 181
11. CHAPTER 8. Inculcating Morality and Empathy (!) 207
12. CHAPTER 9. Teaching Leadership through Teamwork 228
13. CHAPTER 10. Teaching the Past by Getting It Wrong? 246
14. CHAPTER 11. The Strange World outside the Box 271
15. Socrates at Sunset 299
16. APPENDIX List of Reacting Games 305
17. NOTES 308
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 368
19. INDEX 373