Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life
Understanding the nature and value of play through the course of our lives, across cultures and communities.
Who is the course for?
Play is a fundamental part of innovation and creativity across a whole range of subjects, careers, disciplines and industries, from fashion and engineering to teaching and business.
This course will be of interest to you if you wish to work or study in the fields of psychology, playwork, childhood studies, play therapy, hospital play, teaching, childcare, or if you just want to better understand your relationship with the children in your life and your own play.
What topics will you cover?
The history and diversity of play.
Definitions and rhetorics of play.
Play across lifespan, cultures and contexts.
Play in outdoor and indoor environments.
Emotion, gender and play.
Trauma and play.
Disability and play.
Teenagers, adults and play.
Intergenerational play.
Modern technology and play.
The relationship between virtual play and the outside world.
Play, curiosity, creativity and innovation.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Describe Brian Sutton-Smith’s seven rhetorics of play.
Explore the history of toys and games.
Identify continuity and change in play across centuries.
Compare play activities across cultures.
Debate the impact of modern technology on play.
Investigate where children and teenagers play in your neighborhood.
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