Overview
- Combines both childhood research and applied ethical theory
- Offers suggestions relevant to researchers, practitioners, professionals, and students
- Highlights how children's development depends on risky play
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.
Part of the book series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood (CCSC)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Ethics and Risk
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About this book
Reviews
“Risky play is a uniquely tricky topic for educators. On the one hand, they know the value of letting children explore, imagine, and follow their natural learning impulses. On the other, they rightly worry about what might happen if things go wrong. This short, engaging, subtly humanistic book brings a sharp ethical eye to this topical yet still underexplored dilemma. It summarises the growing body of evidence and argument in support of risky, adventurous play. It brings to life key abstract moral concepts—inintention, emotion, agency, consequences, the role of luck—through anecdotes and real-life situations. Perhaps most importantly, it invites all of us—educators, parents, regulators, and the media—to ‘show our workings’: to avoid rushing to judgement, but instead to take a thoughtful, balanced approach that maintains a focus on children’s long-term growth and development, while respecting the adult duty of care.” (Tim Gill, Independent Scholar and Author of No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk Averse Society (2007) and Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities (2021))
“This book is an incredible and timely resource on risky play for all readers! Those new to the topic will find a comprehensive introduction. Experts will be challenged with new theory and concepts that havenot yet been explored. Along with these exciting ideas, practical insights and wisdom are provided for readers wanting to put these ideas into practice.” (Mariana Brussoni, Director of Human Early Learning Partnership and Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter is Professor in the Department of Physical Education at Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education, Norway. Her primary research focus is on children's physical play, outdoor play, and risky/thrilling play among children in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions, well as how to develop physical environments for children's play, development, and learning. She has published in multiple journals and anthologies, and served as an editor of four books and four special journal issues.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Risky Play
Book Subtitle: An Ethical Challenge
Authors: Øyvind Kvalnes, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter
Series Title: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25552-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-25551-9Published: 11 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-25552-6Published: 10 February 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-636X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 113
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Education, general, Ethics, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Psychology