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What Does Playing Games Teach Us About a Student's Ethical Life? Robert Mccloud Sacred Heart University, Mccloudr@Sacredheart.Edu Sacred Heart University DigitalCommons@SHU WCOB Faculty Publications Jack Welch College of Business 9-2017 What Does Playing Games Teach Us About a Student's Ethical Life? Robert McCloud Sacred Heart University, [email protected] Tamara Luarasi Sacred Heart University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/wcob_fac Part of the Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces Commons, and the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation McCloud, R., & Luarasi, T. (2017). What does playing games teach us about a student's ethical life? Beder University Journal of Educational Sciences 15 & 16, 151-159. This Peer-Reviewed Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Jack Welch College of Business at DigitalCommons@SHU. It has been accepted for inclusion in WCOB Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@SHU. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Volume 15 & 16 BJES “BEDËR”UNIVERSITY Faculty of Philology and Educational Sciences BJES BEDER JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES Volume 15 & 16 SEPTEMBER & DECEMBER 2017 www.bjes.beder.edu.al i Volume 15 & 16 BJES Faculty of Philology and Education at “Beder” University offers Scientific Journal ‘Beder Journal of BJES publishes three issues per year. BJES is blind peer reviewed by the members of editorial board. The main aim of the BJES is to serve the interests of contemporary and specialized academic works about different theories and practices in the education area seeking to promote the analysis of educational issues with social, cultural, technological, political and economical,ect perspectives. BJES welcomes a wide range of original articles, research papers, proposed models, reviews of current literature, book reviews etc. The authors are responsible for the originality and the facts contained in the articles and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of BJES and do not commit the editing process. EDITORIAL TEAM: 1-Editor-In-Chief Ph.D Matilda Likaj Shaqiri, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Adem Balaban, “Beder” University, Albania 2-Managing and Vice Editor Ph.D Matilda Likaj Shaqiri, “Beder” University, Albania CONTACT Matilda Likaj Shaqiri “Beder” University Tel: +35542419200 Email: [email protected] JOURNAL DETAILS Publishing: Faculty of Philology and Education, “Beder” University ISSN 2306-0557 (Print) ISSN 2310-5402 (Online) Publication Frequency: 3 Issues per Year ii Volume 15 & 16 BJES INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Prof. Ph.D Hans Kochler, President of the International Progress Organization (I.P.O), Austria Prof. Ph.D Vincent N. Parillo, William Paterson, USA Prof. Ph.D Mark Web, Texas Tech University, USA Prof. Ph.D Artan Haxhi, Luigj Gurakuqi University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Liman Varoshi, Aleksander Xhuvani University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Dhori Kule, Tirana University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Misu-Jan Manolescu, Agora University, Romania Acad. Catalin Zamfir, Director ICCV, Romanian Academy Acad.Slađana Živković, University of Niš, Serbia Acad. Nadežda Stojković, University of Niš, Serbia iii Volume 15 & 16 BJES EDITORIAL BOARD Prof. Ph.D Ferdinand Gjana, “Beder” University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Ayhan Tekineş, “Beder” University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Ilie Badescu, University of Bucharest, Romania Prof. Ph.D Elena Zamfir, University of West, Romania Prof. Ph.D Emilian Dobrescu, Romanian Academy, Romania Prof. Ph.D Mithat Mema, Aleksander Moisiu University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Artan Haxhi, Luigj Gurakuqi University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Liman Varoshi, Aleksander Xhuvani University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Dhori Kule, Tirana University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Kseonela Sotirofski, Aleksander Moisiu University, Albania Prof. Ph.D Ahmet Ecirli, Institute of Sociology, Academia, Romana Assoc. Prof. Ph.D Merita Xhumari, Tirana University, Albania Assoc. Prof. Ph.D Elida Tabaku, Tirana University, Albania Assoc. Prof. Ph.D Yusuf İncetaş, Heritage University, USA Assoc. Prof. Ph.D Rregjina Gokaj, Aleksander Moisiu University, Albania Assoc. Prof. Ph.D Tidita Abdurrahmani, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D. Matilda Likaj Shaqiri, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Lulian Stanescu, Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Romania Ph.D Elvana Shtepani, Tirana University, Albania Ph.D Sokol Pacukaj, Aleksander Moisiu University Ph.D Lokman Coskun, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Ilirjana Kaceli, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Ilda Poshi, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Brikena Smajli, “Europan” University of Tirana, Albania Ph.D Ramadan Cipuri, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Ömer Serdar Öztürk, ALFA Project Consultancy and Management, Macedonia Ph.D Irvin Faniko, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D Gülay Yurt, “Beder” University, Albania Ph.D. Mehmet Aslan, “Beder” University, Albania iv Volume 15 & 16 BJES M.A Edith Dobre, Romanian Academy, Romania M.A Arti Omeri, “Beder” University, Albania M.A Ana Uka, “Beder” University, Albania v Volume 15 & 16 BJES Table of Contents Matilda LIKAJ SHAQIRI Social conflicts, violent extremism and education: How to combat ‘Hate speech’ through counter and alternative narratives................................................................1 Alban DOBRUNA Rifaa'ee Islamic Tariqah in Kosovo …………………………………………………...17 Ferit HYSA School leadership and challenges of the 21st century………………………………....35 Hektor ÇIFTJA “Arshi pipa and the poetical autobiography of an albanian-american in the northern american universities”……………………..…………………………………………..48 Sümeyra UYURCA, Ilda POSHI Crusoe`s deserted ısland as a reflectıon of the purıtan lıfestyle: a focus on some specıfıc symbols connected to the purıtan ıdeals on the ısland……………………………….…..57 Aferdita BANO Gender and language relationship………………………………………….………….73 Lokman COSKUN Investigating the influences of integrative and instrumental motivation on foreign language learning: a case of Albanian public university…………………………….88 Valentina TELHAJ, Blerta HAXHIAJ, Edlira TAFANI Language games………………………………………………………….………….97 Isa ERBAŞ, Sidorela ÇAPJA (ZHGUNI) Nietzschean concept of metamorphosis in a portrait of the artist as a young man….103 Joana TAÇI Nursery rhymes and their importance in teaching english to pre-school children…...112 Isaak PAPADOPOULOS Researching on l2 writing of young learners: creative activities for persuasive communication……………………………………………………………………....119 Neliada MEMUSHAJ, Arti OMERI The impact of text messaging on students’ literacy in english language (University College “Bedër” Case)…………………………………………..128 Robert MCCLOUD, Tamara LUARASI What does playing games teach us about a student’s ethical life?...............................151 vi Volume 15 & 16 BJES BJES, September&December 2017, Vol. 15 & 16, pp. 1-16 ISSN 2306-0557 (Print) ISSN 2310-5402 (Online) www. http://bjes.beder.edu.al/ SOCIAL CONFLICTS, VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND EDUCATION: HOW TO COMBAT ‘HATE SPEECH’ THROUGH COUNTER AND ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES Matilda LIKAJ SHAQIRI a Article history: Received: July 2017 In revised form: September 2017 Accepted: September 2017 Published: December 2017 Abstract Education is one of the most important social institutions in each society, which promotes and enables the transmission of knowledge and skills across generations. Education is a very complex institution because it contains different issues such as political, economic, social and cultural. Durkheim argued that education plays an important role in the socialization of children because children gain an understanding of the common values in society, uniting a multitude of separate individuals. Schooling enables children to internalize the social rules that contribute to the functioning of society. So, as institution education plays many roles such as transmit of values of a society or transformation of values of a society from one generation to the other. During education process (formal and non-formal education) individuals learn what is ‘to be judge’ and what is ‘to be accepted’, what is ‘to be love’ and ‘to be hate’, that it converted into the primary agency to promote the social solidarity or conflict, violence and extremism. This article will focus on the descriptive analyze the causes of ‘Hate speech’, social conflicts, violent extremism in society and how to combat through education process by forming counter and alternative narratives. Keywords: Education; Social Conflicts; Violent Extremism; Combat of ‘Hate Speech; Counter and alternative narratives a Department of Sociology, Faculty of Education, University of ' Aleksander Moisiu' Durres / Albania; [email protected] 1 Volume 15 & 16 BJES 1-INTRODUCTION Education is one of the most important social institutions in each society, which promotes and enables the transmission of knowledge and skills across generations. As social institution education plays many roles such as transmit of values of culture and society or transformation of values of a society from one generation to the other. During education process (formal and non-formal education) individuals learn what is ‘to be judge’ and what is ‘to be accepted’, what is ‘to be love’ and ‘to be hate’. For that reason, it is very important to stress that it converts its functions into the primary agency to promote the social solidarity or conflict, violence and extremism. According to classical sociologists of education, education is a process to maintain the economic and social solidarity. As a consequence of the deterioration of the relationship between education
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