Practice-Based Research in Children's Play

ISBN-13: 9781447330042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 288 str.

Wendy Russell; Stuart Lester; Hilary Smith

Opis

Offering a fresh look to complement the dominant singular voice of developmental psychology, this unique collection of 12 research projects carried out in the UK and USA is essential reading for anyone studying or working with children at play.

Spis treści

Foreword ~ Berry Mayall; Perspectives on play research: the practice-theory-research entanglement ~ Wendy Russell, Stuart Lester and Hilary Smith; Part One: Then and now: historical perspectives; Nostalgia and play ~ Paula Harris; Debris and delight: children’s play during the second world war ~ Becky Willans; Adventure playgrounds and me: bringing the past into the auto-ethnographic present ~ Tom Williams; Part Two: Here and there, this and that: spatial and creative perspectives; Dancing with strangers: observing play in an English public square ~ Hattie Coppard; Researching children’s play and contemporary art ~ Megan Dickerson; Play and value: determining the values of a nature play setting ~ Linda Kinney; Your space or mine? Play in out of school clubs ~ Rebekah Jackson; Co-creating spaces on an adventure playground: using participatory action research as an approach to continuing professional development ~ John Fitzpatrick and Bridget Handscomb; Children, mobile phones and outdoor play ~ Chris Martin; Part Three: Playfulness and wellbeing; Understandings of play for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) ~ Stephen Smith; Therapeutic playwork: exploring playworkers’ perceptions of therapeutic playwork training and its usefulness in supporting children in afterschool clubs ~ Claire Hawkes; Play, playwork and wellbeing ~ Nic Matthews, Hilary Smith, Denise Hill and Lindsey Kilgour; Part Four: Closing thoughts; What do we want research in children’s research to do? ~ Wendy Russell, Stuart Lester and Hilary Smith