This study investigated individual traits as predictors of game enjoyment by including
learning style, intrinsic motivation, collaboration skills, and computer game attitude as key …

What is a game? What are we doing when we play a game? What is the value of playing
games? Several different philosophical subdisciplines have attempted to answer these …

Dogmatism often seems to come packaged with a mood of grim and unpleasant
humorlessness. This chapter looks to see if there might be some plausible cognitive function …

Based on the authors' studies of material-discursively approached lives of children, this
paper addresses the educational relevance of playing, through re-entangling and …

Background: Referees, parents and coaches are vital for co-creating the educational
practice of competitive games in youth sport and influencing young players' behaviour …

In this overheated world, where children from the highest-scoring countries on the Human
Development Index are on regular school strikes to cry for help-it is high time to ask what …

There has been extensive debate among various disciplines about the nature and value of
play. From these discussions it seems clear that play is a phenomenon with more than just …

One of the most pressing points in the philosophy of sport is the question of a definition of
sport. Approaches towards sport vary based on a paradigm and position of a particular …

Squid Game, a Netflix original series about children's games turned into deathmatches, has
become a phenomenal global success and has captivated the latest cultural and media …

This article presents an analytical framework for understanding and studying the value
structures that govern participation in sport. We combine insights from a Norwegian Monitor …