Abstract
Purpose – This chapter examines disputes produced by two young
children during computer game playing and considers how the disputes
were related to the children’s ongoing activity.
Methodology/approach – The study is framed by ethnomethodology and
conversation analysis. Sequential analysis of recorded data details the
mutual production of disputes during talk and interaction.
Findings – The analysis establishes how the children made each other
accountable to the agreed-upon way of playing the game after one child
offered to show the other how to play. Conflict developed during the game
and disputes built upon previous disputes, especially in relation to claims
made about knowing how to play.
Research implications – The disputes here are best understood in relation
to how disagreement was avoided initially but then emerged as the gaming
progressed. Examining disputes in the course of computer activity shows
how the children turn agreement into disagreement over time.
children during computer game playing and considers how the disputes
were related to the children’s ongoing activity.
Methodology/approach – The study is framed by ethnomethodology and
conversation analysis. Sequential analysis of recorded data details the
mutual production of disputes during talk and interaction.
Findings – The analysis establishes how the children made each other
accountable to the agreed-upon way of playing the game after one child
offered to show the other how to play. Conflict developed during the game
and disputes built upon previous disputes, especially in relation to claims
made about knowing how to play.
Research implications – The disputes here are best understood in relation
to how disagreement was avoided initially but then emerged as the gaming
progressed. Examining disputes in the course of computer activity shows
how the children turn agreement into disagreement over time.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Simulations, games and role play in university education |
| Editors | Claus Nygaard, Nigel Courtney, Elyssebeth Leigh |
| Place of Publication | Faringdon, UK |
| Publisher | Libri Publishing |
| Chapter | 13 |
| Pages | 223-237 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781907471674 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Publication series
| Name | Learning in higher education series. |
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