Deaf Children representative imitation at play - doi: 10.4025/actascieduc.v33i1.11130

• Autor(a) principal: Cristino, Thiago
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Acta Scientiarum. Education (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciEduc/article/view/11130
• topic: deafness; representative imitation; human development; deficiência auditiva; imitação representativa; desenvolvimento humano

Deaf Children, since an early age, require stimulation to develop cognitive and psychological functions. This study aimed to emphasize the importance of representative imitation in deaf children in the context of playing and its implications on human development. The representative imitation leads to the achievement of desires and satisfies the need of interaction with the object and with people, promoting language, cognitive, social development. In the present study, we observed that when the child pretends being someone else she is playing a role, or experiencing another identity, assuming a character in her life, such as being a teacher. Then a zone of proximal development is established, where the privileged partner promotes situations of growth and learning. That is why playing is relevant to improve the skills and the development of the deaf children.