Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania
Edutainment centers, i. e. centers that both educate and entertain, have sprung up across the globe since the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, a new type of such centers emerged: theme parks for children, KidZania being the first of its kind and the most global one. Through the example of KidZ...
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| author | Ger Graus Sergey Kosaretsky Anzhelika Kudryavtseva Katerina Polivanova Elizaveta Sivak Ivan Ivanov |
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| description | Edutainment centers, i. e. centers that both educate and entertain, have sprung up across the globe since the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, a new type of such centers emerged: theme parks for children, KidZania being the first of its kind and the most global one. Through the example of KidZania, this study examines the characteristics of theme parks that have made them popular among children and their parents as well as the role of such parks in today’s urban learning ecosystems. The paper also explores how the relationship between entertainment and education and the one between the commercial and educational components of edutainment centers affect the current state and development prospects of the sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4a55788e6cd46f3bd9df95c45a9e6d82023-02-14T12:05:12ZengNational Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)Вопросы образования1814-95452412-43542021-06-01224326010.17323/1814-9545-2021-2-243-26015853Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZaniaGer Graus0Sergey Kosaretsky1Anzhelika Kudryavtseva2Katerina Polivanova3Elizaveta Sivak4Ivan Ivanov5HSE University; KidZaniaHSE UniversityHSE UniversityHSE UniversityHSE UniversityHSE UniversityEdutainment centers, i. e. centers that both educate and entertain, have sprung up across the globe since the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, a new type of such centers emerged: theme parks for children, KidZania being the first of its kind and the most global one. Through the example of KidZania, this study examines the characteristics of theme parks that have made them popular among children and their parents as well as the role of such parks in today’s urban learning ecosystems. The paper also explores how the relationship between entertainment and education and the one between the commercial and educational components of edutainment centers affect the current state and development prospects of the sector.https://vo.hse.ru/article/view/15853learning environmenteducational ecosystemedutainmentedutainment centerkidzaniatheme park |
| spellingShingle | Ger Graus Sergey Kosaretsky Anzhelika Kudryavtseva Katerina Polivanova Elizaveta Sivak Ivan Ivanov Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania Вопросы образования learning environment educational ecosystem edutainment edutainment center kidzania theme park |
| title | Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania |
| title_full | Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania |
| title_fullStr | Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania |
| title_short | Edutainment Centers as an Educational Phenomenon. The Case of KidZania |
| title_sort | edutainment centers as an educational phenomenon the case of kidzania |
| topic | learning environment educational ecosystem edutainment edutainment center kidzania theme park |
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