Apropriação do espaço urbano pela criança: a importância do jogo lúdico

In order to develop and discover the world playing, the child needs a social environment opened to new experiences and at the same time favorable to the ludic game. However, the real situation of the child in the urban social environment is characterized by a chronic lack of open spaces. In order to...

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Main Author: Ancelo Serpa
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1995-12-01
Series:Paisagem e Ambiente
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/paam/article/view/133830
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Summary:In order to develop and discover the world playing, the child needs a social environment opened to new experiences and at the same time favorable to the ludic game. However, the real situation of the child in the urban social environment is characterized by a chronic lack of open spaces. In order to have a better understandi ng of the spatial segregation in playing, 37 children going from 7 to 9 years of age have been interviewed in the suburb of Itaquera, East Zone of the São Paulo City. Children were asked to draw how and where they most played in the suburb. Also, parents of some of the children have been interviewed. Those spaces mentioned by the chidren have been photographed and compared to the drawings. For the drawings'ana lysis, we used categories described by Jean Piaget to rate the games and their evolution. The ludic game seems to follow the gradual development proposed by Piaget but the spatial segregation when playing may cause some resistance in the deforming sign, which was supposed to be completely overcome in this phase of the child's development
ISSN:0104-6098
2359-5361