Social role play, symbolic function, and personality development in preschool age
Mature forms of social role play enable complex development of symbolic function as an indispensable aspect for the development of the child's personality in preschool age. This article presents the results of an investigation carried out with a group of 20 preschool-age children from the city...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Didática e Psicologia Pedagógica - Obutchénie |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/60584 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/Obutchenie/article/view/60584 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Early childhood education Child development Preschool education Children’s play Personality in childhood Educación infantil Desarrollo infantil Educación preescolar Juego infantil Personalidad en la infancia |
| Sumario: | Mature forms of social role play enable complex development of symbolic function as an indispensable aspect for the development of the child's personality in preschool age. This article presents the results of an investigation carried out with a group of 20 preschool-age children from the city of Bogotá, Colombia, based on an intervention that used social role play. Characteristics of social role play and symbolic function are identified as both become more complex through the orientation offered by the adult. In general, a transformation can be seen both in the game and in the symbolic function, especially in the possibility of understanding and valuing the other. It is concluded that symbolic development allows the formation of self-denial attitudes in children. Consequently, she develops the ability to see the world through the eyes of others in communicative interactions of emotional reciprocity. |
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