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Practice-Based Research in Children's Play

Hardback

Main Details

Title Practice-Based Research in Children's Play
Authors and Contributors      Contributions by Lindsey Kilgour
Contributions by Stephen Smith
Contributions by Rebecca Willans
Contributions by Denise Hill
Contributions by Nic Matthews
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781447330035
ClassificationsDewey:305.231
Audience
Professional & Vocational
General
Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 8 March 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This unique collection puts forward a range of perspectives on children's play and adults' relationships with it. Based on 12 research projects carried out by experienced practitioners in the play sector in the UK and USA, it is essential reading for anyone studying or working with children at play.

Author Biography

Dr Wendy Russell is Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research focuses on supporting children's right to play, particularly in terms of politics of space, policy and ethics. Dr Stuart Lester was Senior Lecturer in Play and Playwork at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. His key research interests included the nature and value of children's play, playful production of time/space through everyday encounters and the conditions under which children's (and adults) playfulness may thrive. Hilary Smith is the Course Leader for the MA Professional Studies in Children's Play and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research interests are in the realm of children's play and links with physical literacy, health and wellbeing.

Reviews

"This timely volume offers many new perspectives on an under-researched subject. It will surely help to stimulate new research into children's play." Professor Fraser Brown, Childhood Development and Playwork Team, Leeds Beckett University "Practice-based Research in Children's Play, edited by Wendy Russell, Stuart Lester and Hilary Smith, delivers a unique take on play and playwork. This collection's uniqueness... is the story behind the book and research projects presented in its chapters which make this edited collection one-of-a-kind. Overall, this book provides more than just a collection of different case studies on play and playwork. This is an exciting and unique book which not only provides evidence of the University of Gloucestershire's innovative postgraduate programmes, but it also provides academics, playworkers and policymakers insight into how academic theories can be activity engaged with and put into practice." Childen's Geographies