Playing and Being Well: What the Research says

This event is a free event for both members and non-members.

Come and hear about the literature review of contemporary research into children’s play that Wendy has undertaken with Ludicology’s Mike Barclay and Ben Tawil, and which was commissioned by Play Wales. The review is huge and has four sections:

• Contemporary issues in childhood studies and policy studies
• The role of play in children’s wellbeing
• Where children play
• Practice-based examples of supporting children’s play in both the public realm and the institutions of childhood.

What much of the contemporary research – across all sorts of academic disciplines – shows, is that things like play and wellbeing aren’t individual issues but instead arise through relations and the conditions of children’s lives. When those conditions are favourable, children can create their own wellbeing through playing.

The review proposes a relational capability approach to accounting for and responding to those conditions. 

Come to the webinar to find out what that means!

Wednesday 7 February 2024

7:00pm-8:00pm CBR, HBA, MEL, SYD (AEDT)

*Attendees from times zones other than AEDT will need to join the session per their respective time zone as follows: 

6:30pm-7:30pm ADL (ACDT)

6:00pm-7:00pm BNE (AEST)

5:00pm-6:00pm DRW ACST)

4:00pm-5:00pm PER (AWST)  

Register for Playing and Being Well: What the Research Says here