Scholarly record
A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DESIGN AN INCLUSIVE INTERIOR CHILDREN'S PLAY SPACE: FROM OBSERVATION TO INTERVIEW
Abstract
The research presented in this article is part of a PhD project, whose objective was to identify a set of characteristics to be implemented while creating an inclusive indoor children's play space. This article aims to create an interview guide directed at children, inquiring their preferences regarding the possible characteristics of a play space for them. In order to do that it was necessary to first understand the main existing characteristics of children's play spaces, in order to verify those thare are transversal to them. For the first stage, observation, an auxiliary grid was structured to ensure that the same characteristics were observed across spaces. The analysis of this data created the content for the questions belonging to the script (second stage). It was thus concluded that the script should be composed of eight thematic groups: decoration, furniture, architecture, play activities, communication, accessibility and constraints. In these groups, each question is presented to the child with the specific purpose of identifying the aspects needed to implement an interior and inclusive children's play space. The results are fundamental for the creation of new areas for children, seen as through the new script it becomes possible to inquire any population, thus learning the preferences of the children all over the world. In this sense, designers who want to know their users would only have to apply the script in their interviews.
Publication Impact Profile
Publication details
References10
Ripat J., Becker P., Playground usability: what do playground users say? Occupational Therapy International, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012.
Freire S., Um olhar sobre a inclusão, Revista da Educação, vol. XVI, pp. 5-20, 2008.
Almeida M., O brincar das crianças em espaços públicos, Doctoral thesis, University of Barcelona, 2012.
Mazzilli C., Arquitetura lúdica: criança, projeto e linguagem, Doctoral thesis, University of São Paulo, 2003.
Woolley H., Lowe A., Exploring the relationship between design approach and play value of outdoor play spaces, Landscape Research, vol. 38, pp. 53-74, 2013.
Zamberlan M., Basani S., Araldi M., Organização do espaço e qualidade de vida: Pesquisa sobre configuração espacial em um instituição de educação infantil, Educere et Educare - Revista de Educação, vol. 2, pp. 245-260, 2007.
Schlee A., Brinquedoteca: uma alternativa espacial, Brinquedoteca: a criança, o adulto e o lúdico. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes, 2004.
Rezende D., O brincar livre de crianças na brinquedoteca: análise da frequência de ações motoras, tipos de brinquedos, brincadeiras e interações sociais. Master’s Thesis, University of São Paulo, 2012.
Coutinho C., Metodologia de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Lisboa, Almedina, 2011.
Piaget J., A formação do símbolo na criança: imitação, jogo e sonho, imagem e representação, Rio de Janeiro, Zahar Editores, 1971.
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.
