THE UNIT OF CONTENT AND FORM IN D.B. ELKONIN'S "THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PLAY"

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/edur.v41i41.49129

Keywords:

unit of content and form, play of roles, Psychology of Play, D.B. Elkonin, historical-cultural psychology

Abstract

The article presents the results of a theoretical-bibliographical research based on the problem of the social content of preschool play, focusing on the relations between form and content of the playful activity carried out in the maximum work of D. B. Elkonin, "Psychology of Play". Starting from the observation that contemporary Brazilian researches that assume the historical-cultural perspective have thematized only secondarily the dimension of the content of the social roles played by children, and considering the premise that the performed play is an activity that provides the reconstitution of social relations by the mechanism of playful action, the study investigated the treatment given by the author to the problematic of the content of play and its relationship with the playful form. The analysis of the work was structured based on four axes: i) Historical context and project of society; ii) method of knowledge of reality; iii) conception of human formation (individual-society relationship); and iv) pedagogical praxis. It was possible to identify that the dimensions of the form and content of play are conceived as dialectical unity, and that the principle of content-form unit crosses the analyzed work integrally, bringing centrality to the content in Elkonin's general theory of the play, a fact that has important implications for scientific research and for school educational work.

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Author Biographies

  • Amanda Marques Ramalho, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"

    She has a degree in Psychology from the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Bauru campus and is a master's student in the Graduate Program in School Education at the same university, Araraquara campus. She has accumulated experience in research into the psychological development of pre-school children, with a focus on role-playing, as well as in the training of pre-school teachers. She recently launched a book, together with other researchers in the field, entitled "Guia para o trabalho educativo com bebês" (Guide to educational work with babies).

  • Juliana Campregher Pasqualini, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"

    Professor at the Department of Psychology at UNESP Bauru and the Postgraduate Program in School Education at UNESP Araraquara, with a postdoctoral degree from the Faculty of Education at UNICAMP. She has a degree in Psychology from UNESP Bauru, a master's degree in School Education from UNESP Araraquara and a PhD from the same program, with a sandwich doctorate internship at the University of Bath, England. From 2011 to 2016, she coordinated the university extension project that produced the "Pedagogical Proposal for Early Childhood Education in the Municipal Education System of Bauru / SP". She took maternity leave from November/2021 to May/2022. It develops teaching, research and extension activities on the following topics: historical-cultural psychology, historical-critical pedagogy, developmental psychology, early childhood education, educational psychology, teacher training and group processes.

  • Marina Nascimento de Sousa, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"

    She has a degree in Psychology from Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Bauru campus and is studying for a Master's degree in School Education at UNESP, Araraquara campus. She is currently carrying out research into Early Childhood Education, with a focus on pre-school age and the study of social role play. She has accumulated experience in projects focused on school education and the training of early childhood teachers. In recent months, a book was launched as a result of the extension project in the nurseries of public schools in Bauru, called "Guia para o trabalho educativo com bebês" (Guide to educational work with babies), in partnership with other researchers in the field.

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2025-12-22

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THE UNIT OF CONTENT AND FORM IN D.B. ELKONIN’S "THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PLAY". edur [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 22 [cited 2025 Dec. 25];41(41). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/49129