Foundations of Playwork
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Part 1: Playwork theory and playwork practice in the UK

1 The fundamentals of playwork

2. Where children play: the place of staffed provision

3. Playwork a profession: distinct or extinct

4. The state of play in England

5. Playwork in Scotland

6. Play in Wales

7. Play provision in Northern Ireland

8. Playwork education, training and qualifications: looking to the future

9. Playwork and the theory of loose parts

10. Work based learning and reflective practice


Part 2: The play environment

11. Play and the play stage

12. If you go down to the woods today: why nature and adventure matter to children and young people

13. Playwork and the environment

14. The concept of risk in play and playwork

15. Quality in play: underpinning thoughts


Part 3: The playing child and the practising playworker

16. Playing: the space between

17. Modelling playwork: BRAWGS continuum, dialogue and collaborative reflection

18. The edge of recalcitrance: playwork in the zone of complexity

19. Two weeks of adventure play: moving furniture

20. After school childcare in adventure playgrounds

21. Play in hospitals

22. Playwork in prisons

23. Thinking about creating a play environment


Part 4. Playwork Values, Ethics & Professional Practice

24. The playwork principles

25. The playwork principles: a critique

26. Some reflections on the history of playwork in the adventure playground tradition

27. 'The place we are meant to be': play, playwork and the natural rhythms of communities


Part 5. Special Feature

28. Beyond ambiguity


Part 6. Play Links, Relating and Communicating

29. Mother and baby: the first playground

30. Playing and relating: the contribution of Winnicott

31. Exploring rhythm in playwork

32. Community based projects


 Part 7. Working with Professional Diversity

33. Common core number 7: the missing link?

34. Guerilla playwork

35. Playwork in the early years: working in a parallel profession

36. Play, learning and education: common core of skills and knowledge for the children's workforce

37. At sixes and sevens: the transition of play to secondary schools

38. Play and youth work: a qualitative case study of integrated practice

39. The children’s workforce: the early years and playwork

40. Summer camp in Romania: playwork with volunteers

Part 8. Contributing to the Management and Development of Play Settings

41. Playing the policy game: promoting effective play strategies with government, and why should we bother?

42. Managing children's play provision

43. Voluntary community play provision: a case study

44. Somerford Grove Community Project and Adventure Playground

45. Tell me an old old story: ICT and the play setting


Part 9. Legislation and Rights

46. The history of child protection, present procedures and practices

47. Health & safety: a playwork perspective

48. Children's rights and play

49. Being an anti-racist

50. ... and inclusion

51. Gender and play: the development of gendered identities and their expression in play

52. The enigma of the missing female perspective in playwork theory


Part 10. Research and Methods

53. Researching with children

54. Story telling as a tool for promoting playwork

55. An exploratory study into practice and attitude towards child-led play

56. Children without play: a research projectAppendices


A1. Brief annotated bibliography

A2. The playwork principles

Play Wales

About the Author

Fraser Brown is Reader in Playwork at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, and Course Leader of the BA (Hons) Playwork degree. He is Chair of the Aid for Romanian Children charitable trust.

Chris Taylor is a Playwork Trainer and Consultant, Associate Lecturer with the Open University, a Trustee for London Play, and a Management Committee Support Worker at Play Association Tower Hamlets, UK.

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