ENGINEERING PLAY A Cultural History of Children’s Software

Children’s Play and the Integration of Social and Individual Learning: A Cultural Niche Construction Perspective

In this chapter, I explore the integration of imitative and creative aspects of children’s autonomous play as a means of examining the evolved psychology for learning within a culturally constructed niche. I investigate whether children’s play tracks expected pathways of cultural transmission across a small sample of foraging and agrarian societies, and what the settings of Aka forager and Ngan...

Design of children’s play equipment (slides, swing, See-Saw) in urban Parks based on national standards and children’s anthropometric data

Introduction: Accidents caused by children’s play equipment are considered a serious threat to children’s health. The aim of this study was to design slide, swing and see-saw based on national standards and children’s anthropometric data. Material and Methods: The present study is an applied research, in which the design of children’s play equipment, including slides, swing and see-saw was don...

When Small Children Play: How adults dramatise and children create meaning

A description of the way in which children’s play develops is often based on children’s physical environment. Another standard assumption is that small children progress from playing with objects to taking part in role-play. This study focuses on the cultural aspect of play and its aim is to investigate how small children create meaning in their play in dialogue with adults. The study is an edu...

Studying Gamification as a Collaboration Motivator for Virtual Software Teams: Social Issues, Cultural Issues, and Research Methods

Gamification is the application of game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts to engage and motivate people to achieve their goals. Motivation is an essential requirement for effective and efficient collaboration, which is particularly challenging when people work distributedly. In this paper, we discuss the topics of collaboration, motivation, and gamification in the context...

Children’s Play in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A New Look at the Six Cultures Study