Foundations of Playwork

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-335-23635-0
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

"Foundations of Playwork is a must read for anyone with an interest in playwork or children's services. It shows the breadth, depth and value of our work with and on behalf of children."

Mike Greenaway, Director of Play Wales

Play impacts on all aspects of human behaviour and development, including the social, physical, cognitive, creative, emotional and spiritual worlds. The profession of playwork endeavours to provide enriched play environments with a view to enabling children achieve their full potential.

This book provides a holistic overview of contemporary play and playwork. Straightforward and accessible, it covers topics such as playwork identity; play environments; the role of the playworker; values and ethics; play and playwork theory; and at the heart of the book, a special chapter located at the cutting-edge of 21st century play theory.

The authors position play and playwork within the broader social context of the management and development of play settings, work within and between different sectors of the children's workforce, and the socio-legal framework of children's rights, and legislation. The book has international interest, considering playwork in the UK, US and Romania. It looks at diverse settings such as prisons, hospitals, parks, adventure playgrounds and play centres, schools, youth settings and nurseries.

Contributions from many of the leading names in playwork offer the most current theory and practice in the field. They present approaches to playwork using a range of techniques such as case studies and critiques, applied and emergent theorizing, story-telling and reflection. This encourages the reader to gain a breadth of perspective and develop their own contribution to the playwork tradition.

Foundations of Playwork is a vital resource for playwork students, practitioners, members of the children's workforce, carers and parents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Fraser

Taylor, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Gerontopsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Playwork theory and playwork practice in the UK

1 The fundamentals of playwork

Fraser Brown

2. Where children play: the place of staffed provision

Issy Cole-Hamilton

3. Playwork a profession: distinct or extinct

Tanny Stobart

4. The state of play in England

Adrian Voce

5. Playwork in Scotland

Joan Beattie

6. Play in Wales

Mike Greenaway

7. Play provision in Northern Ireland

Eva Kane

8. Playwork education, training and qualifications: looking to the future

Paul Bonel

9. Playwork and the theory of loose parts

Chris Taylor

10. Work based learning and reflective practice

Sue Palmer

Part 2: The play environment

11. Play and the play stage

Stuart Lester

12. If you go down to the woods today:

why nature and adventure matter to children and young people

Tim Gill

13. Playwork and the environment

Natalie Baxter

14. The concept of risk in play and playwork

Mark Gladwin

15. Quality in play: underpinning thoughts

Mick Conway

Part 3: The playing child and the practising playworker

16. Playing: the space between

Perry Else

17. Modelling playwork: BRAWGS continuum, dialogue and collaborative reflection

Wendy Russell

18. The edge of recalcitrance: playwork in the zone of complexity

Arthur Battram

19. Two weeks of adventure play: moving furniture

Ben Tawil

20. After school childcare in adventure playgrounds

Maggie Harris

21. Play in hospitals

Kirsty Ward

22. Playwork in prisons

Amy Clutterbrook and Janine Hart

23. Thinking about creating a play environment

Meynell

Part 4. Playwork Values, Ethics & Professional Practice

24. The playwork principles

Mick Conway

25. The playwork principles: a critique

Fraser Brown

26. Some reflections on the history of playwork in the adventure playground tradition

Chris Taylor

27. 'The place we are meant to be': play, playwork and the natural rhythms of communities

Maureen Palmer

Part 5. Special Feature

28. Beyond ambiguity

Brian Sutton-Smith

Part 6. Play Links, Relating and Communicating

29. Mother and baby: the first playground

Penny Wilson and Chris Taylor

30. Playing and relating: the contribution of Winnicott

Val Richards

31. Exploring rhythm in playwork

Annie Davy

32. Community based projects

Steve Chan

Part 7. Working with Professional Diversity

33. Common core number 7: the missing link?

Paul Bonel

34. Guerilla playwork

Mike Wragg

35. Playwork in the early years: working in a parallel profession

Katherine Fisher

36. Play, learning and education: common core of skills and knowledge for the children's workforce

Keith Ramtahal

37. At sixes and sevens: the transition of play to secondary schools

Julie Griffiths

38. Play and youth work: a qualitative case study of integrated practice

Chris Taylor

39. The children’s workforce: the early years and playwork

Maureen Palmer

40. Summer camp in Romania: playwork with volunteers

Louise Taffinder

Part 8. Contributing to the Management and Development of Play Settings

41. Playing the policy game: promoting effective play strategies with government, and why should we bother?

Adrian Voce

42. Managing children's play provision

Tony Chilton

43. Voluntary community play provision: a case study

Maggie Harris and Vicky Hunt

44. Somerford Grove Community Project and Adventure Playground

Nick Jackson

45. Tell me an old old story: ICT and the play setting

Stephen Rennie

Part 9. Legislation and Rights

46. The history of child protection, present procedures and practices

Terry Thomas

47. Health & safety: a playwork perspective

Maureen Palmer

48. Children's rights and play

Über Autor(innen)

Fraser Brown is Reader in Playwork at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, and Course Leader of the BA (Hons) Playwork degree. He is Chair of the Aid for Romanian Children charitable trust.

Chris Taylor is a Playwork Trainer and Consultant, Associate Lecturer with the Open University, a Trustee for London Play, and a Management Committee Support Worker at Play Association Tower Hamlets, UK.