Share Paper: Fortnite and the Next Level Discourse: Understanding How Gamers Cultivate Pedagogy in Teacher Education

1. Rick Marlatt, New Mexico State University, United States

Abstract: Abstract This paper describes a recent qualitative examination of the discourse and literacy practices generated by preservice teachers who played the video game, Fortnite. Following the observation, recording, and transcription of over 30 hours of Fortnite gaming streams, as well as the conduction of semi-structured interviews with six preservice teachers who served as focal participants, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) was utilized in an attempt to understand how gamers used language and literacy practices to cultivate their developing pedagogies in digital spaces. Findings from the study show that Fortnite players employ a specialized vocabulary to become literate members of an interactive ...