Using Perezhivanie to Understand the Development of Children’s STEM Learning Dispositions Within Digital-Play Contexts

Children’s learning of dispositions (e.g., social and emotional skills, inquiry thinking, and problem-solving) has become a strong research focus concerning children’s digital-play contexts. This chapter theorises how aspects of perezhivanie—particularly the role of emotions, emotional attitudes, and related experiences—can shape children’s communication and social-emotional learning dispositions within digital-play contexts. We examine how perezhivanie contributes to meaning-making through children’s representations as a way to harness STEM learning abilities within digital-play (e.g., robotics and game-based) environments.