Foundations of Playwork

<p>Part 1: Playwork theory and playwork practice in the UK</p><p>1 The fundamentals of playwork</p><p>2. Where children play: the place of staffed provision</p><p>3. Playwork a profession: distinct or extinct</p><p>4. The state of play in England</p><p>5. Playwork in Scotland</p><p>6. Play in Wales</p><p>7. Play provision in Northern Ireland</p><p>8. Playwork education, training and qualifications: looking to the future</p><p>9. Playwork and the theory of loose parts</p><p>10. Work based learning and reflective practice</p><p><br></p><p>Part 2: The play environment</p><p>11. Play and the play stage</p><p>12. If you go down to the woods today: why nature and adventure matter to children and young people</p><p>13. Playwork and the environment</p><p>14. The concept of risk in play and playwork</p><p>15. Quality in play: underpinning thoughts</p><p><br></p><p>Part 3: The playing child and the practising playworker</p><p>16. Playing: the space between</p><p>17. Modelling playwork: BRAWGS continuum, dialogue and collaborative reflection</p><p>18. The edge of recalcitrance: playwork in the zone of complexity</p><p>19. Two weeks of adventure play: moving furniture</p><p>20. After school childcare in adventure playgrounds</p><p>21. Play in hospitals</p><p>22. Playwork in prisons</p><p>23. Thinking about creating a play environment</p><p><br></p><p>Part 4. Playwork Values, Ethics &amp; Professional Practice</p><p>24. The playwork principles</p><p>25. The playwork principles: a critique</p><p>26. Some reflections on the history of playwork in the adventure playground tradition</p><p>27. 'The place we are meant to be': play, playwork and the natural rhythms of communities</p><p><br></p><p>Part 5. Special Feature</p><p>28. Beyond ambiguity</p><p><br></p><p>Part 6. Play Links, Relating and Communicating</p><p>29. Mother and baby: the first playground</p><p>30. Playing and relating: the contribution of Winnicott</p><p>31. Exploring rhythm in playwork</p><p>32. Community based projects</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;Part 7. Working with Professional Diversity</p><p>33. Common core number 7: the missing link?</p><p>34. Guerilla playwork</p><p>35. Playwork in the early years: working in a parallel profession</p><p>36. Play, learning and education: common core of skills and knowledge for the children's workforce</p><p>37. At sixes and sevens: the transition of play to secondary schools</p><p>38. Play and youth work: a qualitative case study of integrated practice</p><p>39. The children’s workforce: the early years and playwork</p><p>40. Summer camp in Romania: playwork with volunteers</p><p>Part 8. Contributing to the Management and Development of Play Settings</p><p>41. Playing the policy game: promoting effective play strategies with government, and why should we bother?</p><p>42. Managing children's play provision</p><p>43. Voluntary community play provision: a case study</p><p>44. Somerford Grove Community Project and Adventure Playground</p><p>45. Tell me an old old story: ICT and the play setting</p><p><br></p><p>Part 9. Legislation and Rights</p><p>46. The history of child protection, present procedures and practices</p><p>47. Health &amp; safety: a playwork perspective</p><p>48. Children's rights and play</p><p>49. Being an anti-racist</p><p>50. ... and inclusion</p><p>51. Gender and play: the development of gendered identities and their expression in play</p><p>52. The enigma of the missing female perspective in playwork theory</p><p><br></p><p>Part 10. Research and Methods</p><p>53. Researching with children</p><p>54. Story telling as a tool for promoting playwork</p><p>55. An exploratory study into practice and attitude towards child-led play</p><p>56. Children without play: a research projectAppendices</p><p><br></p><p>A1. Brief annotated bibliography</p><p>A2. The playwork principles</p><p>Play Wales</p>