Play and flow: Children’s culture and adults’ role

https://doi.org/10.24130/eccd-jecs.196720171230

Authors

  • Mine Göl-Güven Bogazici University

Keywords:

Play, flow, early childhood, culture, adults

Abstract

The aim of this critical review is to connect the concepts of flow and play to understand how children's culture is affected by adults. Examining adults’ views of play in different cultural contexts is crucial to understand how play is supported. Children are also faced many difficulties to find space and time to play. The concepts play and flow are discussed to point out the importance of uninterrupted play for children to develop skills in the process of construction of their culture.

Author Biography

Mine Göl-Güven, Bogazici University

After graduating from Istanbul University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling in 1997, Göl-Güven earned her master’s degree from the Department of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University and completed her Ph.D. at Penn State University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her dissertation was entitled, ‘Fire bee versus ABC: Cultural varieties in mother-child play interactions in a playgroup and at home’. She holds a faculty position at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul where she has served as assistant professor since 2006.  

Published

2017-09-30

How to Cite

Göl-Güven, M. (2017). Play and flow: Children’s culture and adults’ role. Journal of Early Childhood Studies, 1(2), 267–281. https://doi.org/10.24130/eccd-jecs.196720171230

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Review Articles
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