Full Description
This book is the second of two volumes that coalesces a diverse group of play researchers, educators, advocates, practitioners and enthusiasts' 'voices'. The goal put forth is to listen, learn and pave a way forward for increased opportunities for all children to engage in outdoor risky play. Throughout this book, the chapters highlight the importance of listening to multiple voices to learn about diverse viewpoints, challenges and experiences. This book offers alternate ways to deliver education that prioritize play for its magnitude of benefits. By challenging the dominant discourse of both outdoor play and risk, it provides firsthand accounts of how education and play might be enacted. In taking the time to contemplate the myriad of approaches, this book empowers readers to be brave in implementing courageous decisions that embrace children's right to risky play.
Contents
Listening to voices on childrens risky play unearthing new pathways forward.- Middle t thrill parenting an alternative discourse for the provision of childrens risky play.- Quitting time why resilience in parents and educators is crucial.- The great play venture exploring play based learning through the journey of building a school.- You can see lots of good things in the climbing tree listening to childrens views of their outdoor space.- Outdoor play and the importance of attuning to childrens multimodal communication.- Bush banter educator insights into australian nature play programs.- Outdoor play in early childhood care and education setting.- Infant toddlers embodied risk taking in outdoor play environments in australia and new Zealand.- Risky play as pedagogy for the development of motor skills.- Adventurous play in nature acting now and differently in schools.- Disability and risky outdoor play.- Does risky outdoor play offer increased opportunities for self determination and self advocacy for children with disabilities a review of the literature.- A box of band aids.- Embedded risk in learning and play in an australian school context the nature school.- Play based learning in australian primary classrooms worth the risk.- Sensory risk taking and the importance of sensory safety for connecting within nature.- Risks and benefits in wilding childrens play.- Embracing natures potential physical risk taking in an urban park nature education program.- Cultural diversity and constructions of play the case of refugees.- Developing an ecological approach to communication disorders exploring the benefits of outdoor play for children who stammer.- Casting a spotlight on risky play a hopeful way forward.
