本研究旨在探究杭州市一所公立幼兒園幼兒之遊戲觀，並透過觀察、訪談以及幼兒繪畫三種方式傾聽幼兒的聲音，以了解29名5-6歲幼兒對遊戲的看法，並從幼兒觀點探討：(一)幼兒對於遊戲本質的看法；(二)幼兒對遊戲類型的偏好。本研究依據研究發現，提出以下三項結論：(一)幼兒有一定的遊戲偏好；幼兒最喜歡的遊戲活動分別為智造閣、娃娃家、披薩店、戶外遊戲區域以及書香閣，除戶外遊戲區，其餘幼兒提及的皆為教室內遊戲區，體現了遊戲區活動對幼兒的重要性；(二)幼兒判斷遊戲的標準：幼兒認為遊戲活動應具備：有趣、伴隨正向情緒、自由以及包含假裝與真實的元素，表明幼兒更注重遊戲的內在體驗，希望在活動中獲得遊戲的內在價值；(三)教師在幼兒遊戲中扮演重要角色：教師在幼兒遊戲中扮演了參與者、觀察者、秩序維護者以及遊戲參與者的角色，且教師在幼兒遊戲中的有效參與能夠為滿足幼兒對遊戲時間、機會、空間以及材料的要求。依據研究之結果，提出對未來研究方向及中國大陸幼兒遊戲設置之相關建議。包括以下三項建議：(一)注重遊戲的內在價值；(二)以遊戲為基本活動；(三)探尋適合中國社會與文化的遊戲模式。

The main purpose of this study was to explore children’s perspectives of play. In this study, the participants were from a public kindergarten, aged 5-6 years old in Hangzhou. In order to explore children's perspectives on the play, the researcher used observations, interviews and children's paintings. The following conclusions were reached: (1) children had obvious play preferences: children's favorite play centers were construction area, doll house, pizza shop, outdoor play area and book corner. In addition to the outdoor play area, the rest of the children mentioned were all play center activities, which showing the importance of play center activities for young children; (2) Children indicated that play activities should be interesting, accompanied by positive emotions, freedom, pretending and reality, which reveal that children paid more attention to the inner experience of play and hope to obtain the intrinsic value of play through activities; (3) teachers played an important role in children's play. Teachers played the roles of participants, observers, order maintainers and game participants in children's play, and the effective participation of teachers in children's play can meet the children’s requirements for time, opportunity, space and materials. Based on the results of this study, suggestions for future research direction and children's play in mainland China are proposed. There are three suggestions :(1) focus on the intrinsic value of the play; (2) Take play as the basic activities; (3) Explore the play mode suitable for Chinese society and culture.

目 錄
第一章 緒論-----1
第一節 研究背景與動機-----1
第二節 研究目的與問題-----6
第三節 名詞釋義-----7
第二章 文獻探討-----9
第一節 遊戲的定義與理論-----9
第二節 遊戲對幼兒發展的影響-----16
第三節 傾聽幼兒觀點之意涵-----20
第三章 研究方法-----33
第一節 研究取向的選擇-----33
第二節 研究場域-----34
第三節 研究參與者-----36
第四節 研究歷程-----37
第五節 研究倫理-----43
第四章 研究發現與討論-----45
第一節 幼兒喜歡的遊戲-----45
第二節 幼兒判斷遊戲之標準-----71
第三節 針對幼兒園遊戲現況之探討-----96
第五章 結論與建議-----109
第一節 結論-----109
第二節 研究限制與建議-----112
參考文獻-----114
中文部分-----114
英文部分-----115
附錄-----124
附錄一 幼兒訪談大綱-----124

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