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Evolutionary Playwork

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Evolutionary Playwork

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Evolutionary Playwork book

Evolutionary Playwork

DOI link for Evolutionary Playwork

Evolutionary Playwork book

ByBob Hughes
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2011
eBook Published 30 September 2011
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873830
Pages 424
eBook ISBN 9780203873830
Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Education, Sports and Leisure
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Hughes, B. (2011). Evolutionary Playwork (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873830

ABSTRACT

Play is a crucial component in the development of all children. In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic playwork text, Bob Hughes explores the complexities of children’s play, its meaning and purpose, and argues that adult-free play is essential for the psychological well-being of the child.

The book is divided into fourteen chapters that together examine the fundamentals of evolutionary play. Firstly, Hughes examines the very earliest ideas of playwork and its impact on brain growth and organization today. He then goes on to explore and explain the key theoretical concepts underlying playwork. These include discussions on free play and creating suitable play environments alongside more thorny issues such as safety and consultation. Finally, the book offers up some of Hughes’ most recent research that reveals how his approach to play and playwork in global society has continued to evolve throughout his career to meet new challenges and needs. Throughout this book, Hughes has included his fellow practitioner Mick Conway’s vivid observations of children at play to bring the facts and arguments in the text to life.

This revised edition reflects important recent advances in our understanding of the evolutionary history of play and its impact on the development of the brain, of the role play in the development of resilience and of the impact of play deprivation. Evolutionary Playwork is still the only book to combine the reality of playwork practice with the fundamentals of evolutionary and developmental psychology, and it is still essential reading for all playwork students, practitioners and researchers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|35 pages

A short history of the development of evolutionary playwork

chapter 2|22 pages

Evolutionary playwork values

chapter 3|20 pages

What is evolutionary play?

chapter 4|38 pages

Play Types and the playwork menu

chapter 5|20 pages

Combinatorial flexibility, non- specialisation, calibration and contextualisation

chapter 6|38 pages

Stimulation theory and play deprivation

chapter 7|22 pages

An introduction to evolutionary playwork

chapter 8|39 pages

What is evolutionay playwork?

chapter 9|11 pages

The evolutionary playwork construct of the child

chapter 10|47 pages

The evolutionary playworker

chapter 11|13 pages

Safety, participation and consultation

chapter 12|13 pages

Is the play setting working?

chapter 13|48 pages

Some deeper considerations

chapter 14|4 pages

Conclusion

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