The problem of self-organized play in the context of A.V. Zaporozhets' concepts

The article reviews A.V. Zaporozhets' works on the problem of play activity, that is, specifics and development of play activity and conditions of pedagogical support. It is shown that the connection between play and cognitive development of a child is realized by means of developing the internal (ideal) plan of activity (A.V. Zaporozhets) and its cognitive core (S.L. Novosyolova). The author notes that the acceleration tendency is common for present-day preschool children's development. The author also describes a developed technique of evaluating cognitive development of preschool children that is based on solving the play task within «director's play» using a picture. It is shown that such play with the picture fulfills all criteria of a play. The article gives the parameters of evaluating the solution of the play task (that is, the character of the play task accepance, the structure of play actions etc.), which indicate the level of the child's cognitive development. The experimental data that has been gathered by using the said technique demonstrates the consequences, to which the acceleration of intellectual development, together with the deprivation of the leading activity, can lead.

1. Aranovskaya-Dubovis D.M., Zaika E.V. Idei A.V. Zaporozhca o razvitii lichnosti doshkol'nika // Voprosy psihologii. 1995. № 5.
2. Vygotsky L.S. Igra i ee rol' v psihicheskom razvitii rebenka // Voprosy psihologii. 1966. № 6. | Play and its role in the Mental Development of the Child
3. Zaporozhec A.V. Izbrannye psihologicheskie trudy: V 2 t. T. I. Psihicheskoe razvitie rebenka. M., 1986.
4. Zaporozhec A.V. Igra i razvitie rebenka // Doshkol'noe vospitanie. 1964. № 4.
5. Zaporozhec A.V. Nekotorye psihologicheskie problemy detskoi igry // Doshkol'noe vospitanie. 1965. № 10.
6. Zaporozhec A.V. Igra i razvitie rebenka // Psihologiya i pedagogika igry doshkol'nika: Materialy simpoziuma / Pod red. A.V. Zaporozhca, A.P. Usovoi. M., 1966.
7. Zaporozhec A.V. Problemy doshkol'noi igry i rukovodstva eyu v vospitatel'nyh celyah // Igra i ee rol' v razvitii rebenka doshkol'nogo vozrasta: Sbornik nauchnyh trudov / Nauch. red. A.V. Zaporozhec, T.A. Markova. M., 1978.
8. Zaporozhec A.V. Osnovnye problemy ontogeneza psihiki // Gal'perin P.Ya., Zaporozhec A.V., Karpova S.N. Aktual'nye problemy vozrastnoi psihologii: Materialy k kursu lekcii. M., 1978.
9. gra doshkol'nika / Pod red. S.L. Novoselovoi. M., 1989.
10. Leont'ev A.N. Deyatel'nost', soznanie, lichnost'. M., 1975. | Activity, Consciousness, and Personality
11. Leont'ev A.N. Problemy razvitiya psihiki. 4-e izd. M., 1981.
12. Mendzherickaya D.B. Vospitatelyu o detskoi igre. M., 1982.
13. Novoselova S.L. Geneticheski rannie formy myshleniya. M.; Voronezh, 2002.
14. Novoselova S.L. Novaya klassifikaciya detskih igr // Igra i razvitie rebenka v doshkol'nom vozraste: Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferencii. Ch. I. M., 1995.
15. Novoselova S.L., Zvorygina E.V. Razvitie funkcii igry i voprosy rukovodstva eyu v rannem vozraste // Pedagogicheskie i psihologicheskie problemy rukovodstva igroi doshkol'nika: Sbornik nauchnyh trudov / Nauch. red. A.V. Zaporozhec. M., 1979.
16. Rubinshtein S.L. K voprosu o stadiyah nablyudeniya. // Rubinshtein S.L. Problemy obshei psihologii. M., 1976.
17. Sakulina N.P. Risovanie v doshkol'nom detstve. M., 1965.
18. Shedrovicky G.P. Metodologicheskie zamechaniya k pedagogicheskomu issledovaniyu igry // Psihologiya i pedagogika igry doshkol'nika: Materialy simpoziuma / Pod red. A.V. Zaporozhca, A.P. Usovoi. M., 1966.