Teaching Music Theory through Games. Το Play, Or Not to Play?

Abstract

Games will always be the most convenient means of incorporating pleasure, fantasy and collaboration into the educational process. But what is the right way to do this? Through my experience, I have learned that there are a few things that teachers must have in mind when they want to achieve learning through games, otherwise the results might be different from the expected ones. Below, I present my viewpoints upon my personal experience from the first attempt I had, while trying to incorporate games in my music theory class.