Doctor of psychological sciences, professor, Director of L. S. Vygotsky Institute of Psychology of Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia)
Elena. E. Kravtsova
2011, 1
p. 44-51
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In L.S. Vigotsky’s view, the main criterion describing child play is an imaginary situation representing a domain between the real (optic) and the symbolic (imaginary). At this, its participants must simultaneously be within and outside of such play situation. Therefore a play incorporates both imaginary and real-life interrelations of its participants. The article describes evolution of a play in preschool, school, adolescent and adult years, and its value in each life-span from the viewpoint of Cultural-historical Theory of L.S. Vygotsky.