‘Harness gaming in schools’

Teenagers’ passion for computer and online games should be harnessed by schools to develop their use of logical argument, a maths professor says.

Patrick Fitzpatrick, emeritus professor of maths at University College Cork, said teachers should be trained to exploit technology like a school-ready remix of the computer game Minecraft.

The game is played by growing numbers of global classrooms use it as an instruction tool, including a Swedish school where Minecraft lessons are compulsory.