Digital Location-Based Gaming as a Mode for Transformative Learning

Anthropogenic climate change nowadays has an impact on many young people's lives. However, awareness of the climate crisis does not necessarily lead to a transformation of one's lifestyle. With high hopes of preparing students for global challenges and sensitizing them to act in solidarity, the pedagogical approach of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is now part of many curricula, but this does not necessarily achieve the desired success. The field of Transformative Education is currently developing out of the criticism of the now institutionalized educational approach of ESD, both in terms of content and methodology. The aim of this paper therefore is to give an overview how Transformative Learning and Digital Location-Based Gaming can be combined as a different way of climate change-related knowledge transfer.