The imagination at work within the dramatic play of pre-adolescent girls

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  • Julie Dunn
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Preadolescent children are capable of developing complex, collaborative dramatic play ‘texts’, while also being able to reflect upon and describe their ‘inner experiences’ during this play. These reflections have the potential to provide useful insights into the operation of the imagination during play. This paper describes the findings relating to the imagination that emerged from a qualitative research project conducted to examine the dramatic play of one group of preadolescent girls. Using video recordings of their play sessions and player interviews as the primary data sources, this paper outlines findings around three key areas: what drove the players to play; what topics/contexts they played out; and most importantly, what they ‘saw’ as they played. It suggests that these girls played to generate experiences that felt ‘real’, that their play texts predominantly focused on dangerous and supernatural situations, and that the visualisations generated by their imaginations during play were influenced by a range of contextual and personal engagement factors. Abrégé Les enfants préadolescents sont capables de développer des ‘textes’ théâtraux complexes et en collaboration, tout en étant aussi capables de réfléchir à propos de et de décrire leurs ‘expériences intimes’ pendant cette pièce. Ces réflexions ont le potentiel de fournir des aperçus utiles sur le fonctionnement de l’imagination pendant la pièce. Cet article décrit les résultats se rapportant à l’imagination qui ont émergé d’un projet de recherche qualitatif conduit pour examiner le jeu théâtral d’un groupe de filles préadolescentes. Utilisant des enregistrements vidéo de leurs sessions théâtrales et des entretiens avec les jeunes interprètes comme principales sources primaires, cet article délimite les résultats autour de trois domaines clés: ce qui a poussé les interprètes à jouer, les sujets/contextes qu’elles ont interprétés, et le plus important, ce qu’elles ont ‘vu’ alors qu’elles étaient en scène. Il suggère que ces filles étaient en scène pour générer des expériences qui semblent ‘réelles’, que les textes de leurs pièces se concentraient principalement sur des situations dangereuses et surnaturelles, et que les visualisations générées par leurs imaginations en scène étaient influencées par une série de facteurs d’engagement contextuels et personnels. Sumario Los niños preadolescentes son capaces de desarrollar ‘textos’ teatrales complejos y cooperativos, y conjuntamente pueden reflexionar y describir sus ‘experiencias más profundas’ en su desempeño teatral. Estas reflexiones tienen el potencial de suministrar ideas valiosas en la operatividad de la imaginación durante el transcurso de la obra. Este articulo describe los hallazgos relacionados a la imaginación que emergieron de un proyecto de investigación cualitativa llevado a cabo para examinar una obra teatral de un grupo de chicas preadolescentes. Usando video grabaciones de las sesiones y asimismo entrevistas con los interpretes como fuente

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تاریخ انتشار 2007