SPINNING TOP-A WESTERN TOY: IMAGINATION AND PLAYING EXPERIENCE

Abstract

The article “Imagination and Playing Experience of Spinning Top: A Western Toy” aims to examine and collect playing and imagination information of westerners and analyze the concept of spinning top and learning. There were two phases; 1) data collection from the documents, papers, and research works, and  2) data collection from the V&A Museum of Childhood, Pollock’s Toy Museum, House on the Hill Toy Museum in London, UK, and assessment of imagination and experience level. The researchers planned and defined the scope by collecting information from 20 people or until the data meet the saturation point for in-depth data recording, and 100 people with experience in spinning top playing selected by simple sampling from personal Facebook and LINE accounts. Taro Yamane’s formula accepts the error of 10 and there were two tool groups: 1) collection of experience and imagination of spinning top playing through an interview and tools such as the researcher and triangular experience recording form 2) Online experience and imagination form. The quality of the research tools is measured empirically by three experts, and the playing experience and imagination levels were analyzed employing statistics such as mean, percentage, frequency, and standard deviation. The study found that spinning top players had the highest average imagination perception of spinning top playing at (=4.66, SD=0.28).