%0 Journal Article %T Changing Face of Plays: A Comparative Research of Childhood Plays of Older Adults and Plays of Today¡¯s %A Erhan Alabay %J - %D 2018 %X The aim of this research is to compare favourite childhood plays of adults aged 60 plus and favourite plays of children between 6 to 10 years old. The research is structured in basic qualitative research methods. Participants of the research, living in £¿stanbul Province, are composed of 99 adults aged 60 plus and 99 children aged between 6 and 10. In this study, demographic information form and structured interview form for participants were used. Data were analysed through content analysis method. In the wake of findings, while 85.86% of the adults have stated that when they were children, they loved outdoor plays, it is seen that 36.37% of today¡¯s children love outdoor plays. Additionally, 91.92% of adults loved group plays, 75.76% of them loved plays with vehicles and 63.64% loved plays that require movement whereas 56.57% of children prefer plays that do not require movement, 49.50% of them prefer individual plays and 31.32% prefer plays with vehicles. Besides, it has been detected that 34.34% of today¡¯s children primarily love and prefer plays related with technology %K Oyun %K £¿ocuk %K Oyun tercihleri %U http://dergipark.org.tr/buefad/issue/35713/325627