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Well directed play can help children overcome their fears and phobias. Two case studies from a leading American play therapist.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Children often enjoy play fighting and wrestling together. From the preschool years onwards, this kind of play - often called rough-and-tumble play - is a common feature of school playgrounds or any...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Much of our current educational practice is based on the assumption that play is important to children - indeed that it is essential to their growth and development. We also assume that adults,...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Child's play – is it a needless luxury in an educational programme or does it provide long-term benefits to society? Kathy Sylva examines the results of three research projects which challenge both...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
American children's freewheeling play once took place in rural fields and city streets, using equipment largely of their own making. Today, play is increasingly confined to backyards, basements,...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2012). Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. Otago University Press. Reviewed by Jennifer Tatebe
Kalantzis, M., & Cope,...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article