The rising of a group culture in play: a study of children between the ages 2 and 4

Authors

  • Josiane da Silva Delvan Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
  • Maiara Pereira Cunha Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v14i1.13082

Keywords:

games, children, meaning-building, group culture, human development

Abstract

This study was designed to analyse how a group of children from the ages of 2 to 4 structure themselves in the activity of playing and discuss the group culture created by them in this activity. The research was based on the theoretical constructs of historic-cultural psychology and infancy sociology. A group composed of six children between 2 and 4 (three boys and three girls, one of each age) belonging to a public institution nursery school were monitored with the aid of video recording. Qualitative analysis of the video episodes were defined in accordance with the specialized literature. The results indicate that the childhood cultures were created by ways of conflicts arising in the negotiations that these children establish in the reproductive and creative process of giving sense to society, to others and themselves, with an active position of giving meaning to their actions based in their reality.

 

Keywords: games; children; meaning-building; group culture; human development.

Author Biography

Josiane da Silva Delvan, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí

Professora do curso de Psicologia da Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, na disciplina de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento Humano e Metodologia da Pesquisa. Doutora em Psicologia.

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Published

2010-10-25

How to Cite

Delvan, J. da S., & Cunha, M. P. (2010). The rising of a group culture in play: a study of children between the ages 2 and 4. Interação Em Psicologia, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v14i1.13082

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2010)

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