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Child’s Play Re-envisaged through Virtual Reality : Introducing the Immersive Research Methodology / Rene Novak.
Brill Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Available online
Brill Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2025- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Novak, Rene, author.
- Series:
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
- Visual Pedagogies, Methodologies, and Educational Research ; 3.
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2025
- Visual Pedagogies, Methodologies, and Educational Research ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Introducing the Immersive Research Methodology
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book, Dr Rene Novak reveals new ways of understanding children’s play by liberating it from the constraints of standardised educational agendas. Drawing on Heidegger’s concepts of Enframing and poiesis, and phenomenological inquiry, this innovative study explores how immersive virtual reality (VR) videos can serve as metaphysical laboratories. Through vivid, embodied experiences, early childhood educators cross the cybernetic looking glass to become one with play and discover transformative insights for holistic child development. Dr Rene Novak investigates the potential of immersive pedagogy by merging visual pedagogy with embodiment theory to highlight the critical role of teacher presence in educational phenomena. Educators become “invisible observers,” stepping inside the flow of play while relinquishing preconceived enframed discourses and misconceptions. The result is a reshaping of pedagogy and policy, steering away from prescriptive goals toward play as a self-actualising educational experience. By reconceptualising how free play unfolds, this book challenges educators, policymakers, and parents to embrace the true essence of play in early learning. This book is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand how to foster creativity, social-emotional growth, and deeper engagement in a play-based curriculum.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-73581-X
- OCLC:
- 1522810242
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004735811 DOI
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