The Shared Space of Play: Traditional Games as a Tool of Intercultural Education

By Francesca Berti

The similarities between traditional games in different regions of the world, from past to present, arouse both awe and curiosity. The playful - yet educational - discovery of these practices offers the opportunity to observe the experience of play as a space for similarities between cultures. When research on play conducted with children is enriched by the recollections of play from parents and grandparents, especially in the context of a multicultural classroom, a choral narrative emerges, laying down the basis for intercultural education. Children discover the 'shared space of play', where they can meet and relish, together with teachers, the richness of cultural diversity, and also learn more about prejudice and Othering processes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3643912315
• ISBN13: 9783643912312
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Lit Verlag
• Length: 200 Pages