Games and education

Exercise

Analyze the pedagogic properties of the following games and sports in terms of developing several personal traits (such as, for example, self-control, cheating, detecting cheaters, inspiring trust, etc.): chess, swimming, mountaineering, basketball, football, poker. Think in other capacities and activities. Lastly, examine the game known as “liars’ dice”, in which each player aims to mistrust false bids made by other players and to induce them to mistrust his true bids (see details in Wikipedia as well as a discussion of more modern versions in Gamecabinet.com.).