Minecraft becomes a compulsory subject in Swedish schools
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There are plans to make Minecraft a compulsory subject at the Viktor Rydberg Memorial School in Sweden.
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Viktor Rydberg Memorial School is a high school and junior high school named after the Swedish philosopher and writer Viktor Rydberg that opened in 1994. It consists of three schools: Djursholm, Jarlaplan, and Odenplan, and has a total of about 1,600 students.
by Bengt Nyman
The school is looking to make Minecraft compulsory for its first-year junior high school class (13 years old). According to teacher Monica Ekman, the children are learning about urban planning, environmental issues, and planning for the future while having fun in their own world of Minecraft.
Minecraft is a 'creation game' that has become a worldwide hit since its release in November 2011. The graphics are made up of pixelated graphics, and players can freely create anything they want, including buildings. Initially, it was a free game, but the official version costs 19.95 euros (approximately 2,300 yen), has over 40 million registered users, is also available for Xbox 360, and has sold 17.5 million copies of the retail version to date.
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About 180 students are participating in the class, and it seems to be similar to arts and crafts classes, with the boys gaining more knowledge than before the class and the girls feeling joy in making something.
Amanda Hillström, one of the students taking the class, told Sverige Television (STV) in an interview, 'The best way to find out how something is made is to make it yourself.' The children are not bound by the teaching guidelines and are finding their own fun.
In Sweden, a competition called 'Future City' is being held to collect ideas for a better future from schools across the country, but the Viktor Rydberg Memorial School has taken this a step further and decided to make Minecraft a compulsory subject.
'Of course, some parents were a bit apprehensive at first,' Ekman said. But the school decided to use Minecraft as an educational tool, and it proved so successful that they plan to continue using it in the future.
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