Exploring the everyday lives of teenagers through a gamified survey (Using teenagers in the City of Kurgan as an example)

UDC 316.6
DOI 10.20339/AM.05-26.093

 

Elena V. Luneva, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Docent, Head of the Department of Organization of Work with Youth, Kurgan State University, e-mail: elen-lunev@yandex.ru

Alexander M. Mekhnin, Cand. Sci. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Department of Organization of Work with Youth, Kurgan State University, e-mail: ammh@mail.ru

Natalya D. Bobkova, D.Sc. (Pedagogy), Docent, Department of Organization of Work with Youth, Kurgan State University, e-mail: bobnd@rambler.ru

The work is devoted to the study of the everyday world of teenagers in Kurgan. The study involved 915 adolescents aged 12 to 18years. The study was conducted using a gamified survey. This approach makes it possible to reduce cognitive and social stress, activate emotional engagement and stimulate more detailed, personality-tinged responses. The results obtained confirm the data on the high level of user activity of teenagers. Thanks to this approach, the collected data reflects the living fabric of adolescent daily life — with its contradictions, spontaneity and individuality. Next, a detailed analysis of the responses received for each thematic block of the questionnaire is presented. The results showed high engagement of the participants, diversity of cultural preferences, as well as a combination of optimism and anxiety in the perception of the future.

Keywords: gamification, teenagers, the world of everyday life

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