Game library play device: Fundamental elements

Abstract

This article is part of the results of the minor investigation of the Game labrary as a ludic device from the pedagogy of cooperation (2023), of the Colombian Polytechnic Jaime Isaza Cadavid. It is intended to respond to the objective that seeks to select experiences of teachers who have implemented the device of the game libraries in their pedagogical practices in order to appropriate its fundamental elements. In this research, this playful device is understood as a mechanism that promotes the play space with the intention of legitimizing the child’s right to play, in which the child is the protagonist who chooses what to play, how to play and how to live the experience. of game. This research presents a qualitative social methodology. It consists of three phases: initially an approach to the sociocultural scenario, followed by field work and finally the construction of meaning. From the conversations with the actors, it was possible to infer that the fundamental elements that are part of this playful device are: the space, the playful agent, the materials and the activities. It was possible to conclude that in the game library as a playful device the child finds different ways of relating to the space, with the materials and with the activities, facilitating the construction of social relationships that promote the development of the civic skills necessary for coexistence.