The Internet Development Institute (IRI) sent a letter addressed to the Russian Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva with a proposal to introduce e-sports lessons as school electives. In particular, the experts attached a list of games that, in their opinion, are optimally suitable for these purposes, TASS has the corresponding letter.
Among the games proposed by the letter, the list includes football simulations (FIFA 19) and online multiplayer games (Dota 2, Starcraft II, World of Tanks, Minecraft and others). According to experts, introducing such electives is necessary for the development of certain skills in children: strategic and logical thinking, the ability to make quick decisions, teamwork.
In addition, the Institute is confident that this practice will help create a healthy consumption culture of video game content among children, and support their interest in the educational process. For example, experts suggested, during electives, children would learn not only how to benefit from games, but how to do eye exercises, dynamic rest, learn how to discuss team strategy, and engage in effective time management.
“Games and e-sports are one of the most popular hobbies of teenagers right now. Often children play hiding from their parents, which creates a risk of a destructive influence. The IRI initiative will help to avoid trauma to the child’s psyche and health by creating a space of trust, where ere teenagers will play and develop their eSports talents. Meanwhile, teachers and parents will know that this happens in a safe environment, according to recommendations approved by psychologists and experts,” Head of the Internet Development Institute Sergey Petrov told TASS.
According to him, it is also important to support Russian players, as although the IRI list consists of foreign games, “now there are interesting games from Russian companies and startups, which in the future can be on a par with global brands and gain popularity with a young audience”.
Source: TASS
what the f???
teach this to childrens as a historical, teamworking and strategic things when THE FKIN P2W DOMINATES IN THIS GAME>???
what can you teach them?? TO PAY IF THEY WANT TO WIN??
excellent ideal…for a DECLINE of a nation ! :))
Wot.. team strategy. Hmmm..
Seems about right.
Should be part of history class too :))
Noice
Teamwork? Have they played WoT before?
E-sport WOT is a joke, #Who camps – wins, 25% randomizing makes any skill but camp mojo obsolete. Game of chance more often than of skill, and what they will teach? The secret patent info? Manipulating RNG?
Except the patent is not so secret, you can google it up. And wtf even is RNG manipulation? Probably something that would\’ve been discovered and proved by someone after so many years, yeah.
While skepticism is healthy, cynicism, real cynicism is toxic.
only useful if you need at least 45%WR to pass, or else you repeat class for another year. 45-50% get you individual lessons with serb.
I really hope this is a hoax or an outlandish proposal from someone who wanted to make a tasteless joke and little else. The moment videogames (and not just any, but contemporary videogames with their freemium and gambling mechanics, DLCs and so on) are added to school curricula and kids are exposed to them from very early, that\’s when we know we\’ve really hit rock bottom.