Let the children (and young people) play-where, how, why?


Autoria(s): Dee, Mike
Data(s)

20/01/2010

Resumo

This paper reports on current research work with children and young people on the importance of public and private space for good health, wellbeing, social, educational and developmental outcomes. In many urban locations in Australia and elsewhere, public space is under attack from developers and attempts by authorities to control public space (Watson 2006). Private space in the home and garden-backyard is also under attack from development densification and trends towards bigger houses on smaller plots of land where gardens disappear altogether or a postage stamp remains (Gleeson and Sipe 2006). At the same time public policy advocates the benefits of outdoor exercise, set alongside fears about using public space exacerbated by notions of ‘stranger danger’ and control measures such as child and youth ‘curfews’. In this increasingly complex context, it is important to discover what children and young people value and need most in using private (home) and public space. In conjunction with the University of Otago, New Zealand, children and young people are consulted to discover how they use public space in parks and shopping centres and home space and the issues encountered and their proposals for improvement, to better inform policy debate, planning and formulation (ARACY 2009).

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/62260/

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/62260/1/ARECE_CONFERENCE.ppt.1.pptLATEST.ppt

Dee, Mike (2010) Let the children (and young people) play-where, how, why? In The 17th Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Conference, 19-21 January 2010, Monash University, Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Australia. (Unpublished)

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Copyright 2010 Please consult the author

Fonte

Faculty of Health; School of Public Health & Social Work

Palavras-Chave #130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) #160403 Social and Cultural Geography #160810 Urban Sociology and Community Studies #Children #Young People #Play #Public Space #Environment
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Conference Item