Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Brown, Fraser

Title Rethinking Children's Play
Published London : Bloomsbury Pub., 2012

Copies

Description 1 online resource (196 pages)
Series New Childhoods
New Childhoods
Contents FC; Half Title; Also available in the New Childhoods Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the New Childhoods Series; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction and key questions; What is play?; What opportunities exist for play in society atthe moment?; How are those opportunities being eroded?; What happens when play is restricted?; What are the possible solutions?; Can play be a mechanism for addressing social ills?; Part 1 DEBATES, DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES: THE BACKGROUND TO CHILDREN'S PLAY; 1 What is Play?; Introduction and key questions; What is play?
Interview with Brian Sutton-Smithabout his researchWhat are the personal and socialbenefits of play?; What new socio-culturaldevelopments are challenginglong-held assumptions aboutchildren's play?; What impact is this having on thelives of children?; Summary; Further reading; Part 2 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES; 2 Play and Schools; Introduction and key questions; How has the inclusion of play inschool evolved over time?; Is it possible to implement a playfulpedagogy in a standards-drivensociety?; How can we make the case for childinitiated, unstructured play during theschool day?
Interview with Olga Jarrett abouther researchSummary; Further reading; 3 Play and Other Institutional Settings; Introduction and key questions; Should children be required to payto play?; How do children play in hospitals?; How do children play in prisons?; Summary; Further reading; 4 Play in Informal Settings; Introduction and key questions; Children's preference for the outdoors; The nature of natural play; Interview with Tim Gill abouthis research; The decline in outdoor play; The dangers implicit in the decline ofoutdoor play; Summary; Further reading; 5 Play Deprivation
Introduction and key questionsWhat is play deprivation?; Play deprivation in the life oftoday's child; Interview with Bob Hughes abouthis research; The consequences of completedeprivation of play; Play deprivation and other formsof disadvantage; Play deprivation: the implicationsfor society; Summary; Further reading; Part 3 IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S LIVES; 6 Playwork; Introduction and key questions; What is playwork?; The playwork view of play; Playwork in practice; Interview with Susan Waltham abouther research; The wider benefits of playwork; Analyzing the impact of playwork; Summary
Further reading7 Rethinking Play; Introduction and key questions; The public's view of children; The play environment is the whole environment; Article 31 and the Charter for Children's Play; Re-educating the public; Developing survival skills; The importance of free unstructured play, especially play fighting; Play warehouses-the commodification of play; School should be a playful experience; Stress-positive, tolerable, and toxic; The therapeutic nature of play; Play provision and playwork; Further reading; Bibliography; Index
Summary Rethinking Children's Play examines attitudes towards, and experiences of, children's play. Fraser Brown and Michael Patte draw on a wide range of thought, research and practice from different fields and countries to debate, challenge and re-appraise long held beliefs, attitudes and ways of working and living with children in the play environment. Children need to play and the benefits of play are many and varied, but they are too often underestimated by parents, educators, politicians and society in general. The authors apply a playwork perspective to a wide range of settings populated by chi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Play -- Social aspects
Play -- Psychological aspects
Child development.
Learning.
Child Development
Learning
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Child development
Learning
Play -- Psychological aspects
Play -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Patte, Michael
ISBN 9781441178619
1441178619
9781441190000
1441190007