Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2023)

Research on the Playability of Urban Programming Blocks: A Case Study with Users Aged 6–12

Authors
Yu Chen1, *, Kuntong Han1, Keyang Tang2
1The Future Laboratory Tsinghua University, Haidian District, No.46 Chengfu Road, Beijing, China
2Laboratory Tsinghua University, No.46 Chengfu Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: Chenyu22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Yu Chen
Available Online 21 February 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-214-9_68How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Urban Programming; Playability; Spatial Teaching Aid; Urban Spatial Education
Abstract

‘Urban Programming Blocks’ is an architectural programming tool in an urban context, explicitly designed for children aged 6 to 12. Its purpose is to popularize urban compositional logic and urban planning principles through intuitive expression and interactive teaching methods, for stimulating children’s spatial imagination and creativity. The playability of the Urban Programming Blocks lies in the diversity of module combinations. As a teaching aid, they have both tangible visual characteristics and abstract representation on spatial information, which were well aligned with the cognitive development of children aged 6 to 12. The Urban Programming Blocks hint the knowledge from spatial perception to intelligent decision-making. Research into their playability contributes to enhancing the quality of urban spatial knowledge teaching for this age group.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 February 2024
ISBN
978-2-38476-214-9
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-214-9_68How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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