Innovation in Play Environments

Innovation in Play Environments
Author: Paul F. Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351667866

Children treat play as an end in itself while adults treat it as a means which may serve several developmental functions. Although traditional educational thinking had emphasised academic work rather than play as the important learning tool at the time, opinion was changing rapidly. Originally published in 1980, these essays drawn from papers given at the International Playground Association’s Seventh World Conference, concentrate on the planning and design of play programmes and play environments. The book reviews the historical approach to play, play in the home, play in institutional settings, handicapped children, planning for play in extreme climatic conditions and play environments beyond the traditional playground. It also considers the child and the urban environment, discussing high-rise residential environments, and the street and the city.

The Literacy of Play and Innovation

The Literacy of Play and Innovation
Author: Christiane Wood
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020-09-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780367663193

The Literacy of Play and Innovation provides a portrait of what innovative education looks like from a literacy perspective. Through an in-depth case study of a "maker" school's innovative design--in particular, of four early childhood educator's classrooms--this book demonstrates that children's inspiration, curiosity, and creativity is a direct result of the school environment. Presenting a unique, data-driven model of literacy, play, and innovation taking the maker movement beyond STEM education, this book helps readers understand literacy learning through making and the creative approaches embedded in early literacy classroom practices.

Educational Research and Innovation Teachers as Designers of Learning Environments The Importance of Innovative Pedagogies

Educational Research and Innovation Teachers as Designers of Learning Environments The Importance of Innovative Pedagogies
Author: Paniagua Alejandro
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264085378

Pedagogy is at the heart of teaching and learning. Preparing young people to become lifelong learners with a deep knowledge of subject matter and a broad set of social skills requires a better understanding of how pedagogy influences learning. Focusing on pedagogies shifts the perception of ...

Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation

Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation
Author: Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2013-07-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1107015138

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

Outdoor Learning in the Early Years

Outdoor Learning in the Early Years
Author: Helen Bilton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010-03-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113528170X

A guide to outdoor play, provision and learning in the Early Years and beyond.

Educate to Innovate

Educate to Innovate
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309368820

Robust innovation in the United States is key to a strong and competitive industry and workforce. Efforts to improve the capacity of individuals and organizations to innovate must be a high national priority to ensure that the United States remains a leader in the global economy. How is the United States preparing its students and workers to innovate and excel? What skills and attributes need to be nurtured? The aim of the Educate to Innovate project is to expand and improve the innovative capacity of individuals and organizations by identifying critical skills, attributes, and best practices - indeed, cultures - for nurturing them. The project findings will enable educators in industry and at all levels of academia to cultivate the next generation of American innovators and thus ensure that the U.S. workforce remains highly competitive in the face of rapid technological changes. Educate to Innovate summarizes the keynote and plenary presentations from a workshop convened in October 2013. The workshop brought together innovators and leaders from various fields to share insights on innovation and its education. This report continues on to describe the specific skills, experiences, and environments that contribute to the success of innovators, and suggests next steps based on discussion from the workshop.

Maker-Centered Learning

Maker-Centered Learning
Author: Edward P. Clapp
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119259703

The Agency by Design guide to implementing maker-centered teaching and learning Maker-Centered Learning provides both a theoretical framework and practical resources for the educators, curriculum developers, librarians, administrators, and parents navigating this burgeoning field. Written by the expert team from the Agency by Design initiative at Harvard's Project Zero, this book Identifies a set of educational practices and ideas that define maker-centered learning, and introduces the focal concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design. Shares cutting edge research that provides evidence of the benefits of maker-centered learning for students and education as a whole. Presents a clear Project Zero-based framework for maker-centered teaching and learning Includes valuable educator resources that can be applied in a variety of design and maker-centered learning environments Describes unique thinking routines that foster the primary maker capacities of looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity. A surge of voices from government, industry, and education have argued that, in order to equip the next generation for life and work in the decades ahead, it is vital to support maker-centered learning in various educational environments. Maker-Centered Learning provides insight into what that means, and offers tools and knowledge that can be applied anywhere that learning takes place.

In Celebration of Play

In Celebration of Play
Author: Paul F. Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2017-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351674099

Play is the child’s way of learning about, adapting to and integrating with his or her environment. In addition to adequate sports and recreation facilities children need a wide variety of opportunities, choices and raw materials that they can use as they see fit for free constructive creative play. Originally published in 1980, these essays, drawn from papers given at the International Playgrounds Association’s Seventh World Congress, focus on the social significance of play. However, both the Association and the book itself are not solely concerned with ‘playgrounds’ in the formal sense; rather, they are concerned with the wide range of play environments that are – or should be – available to children. It is recognised that play opportunities can exist for the child in and around the home (playrooms, backyards), the school and public park (traditional, adventure and creative playgrounds), the institution (day-care centres, hospitals), and the city qua city (the streets and shopping centres). This work is concerned with all these environments, considering the developmental aspects of play in a social context. The varied contributions from researchers and play leaders from several countries, consider such topics as the importance of play, development through play, leadership training and special groups.

Designing for Play

Designing for Play
Author: Ms Barbara E Hendricks
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1409482332

10 years ago Barbara Hendricks brought together thinking from child development and child psychology perspectives on play with practical issues confronted by designers and policy makers. The result was a beautifully-crafted, well-illustrated guide challenging established notions of play provision. This second edition brings the text up to date from 2001 to 2010 with added discussion about new ideas for play area designs and what has not worked in the past decade.

Dual Transformation

Dual Transformation
Author: Scott D. Anthony
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1633692493

Game-changing disruptions will likely unfold on your watch. Be ready. In Dual Transformation, Scott Anthony, Clark Gilbert, and Mark Johnson propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming your business in the face of imminent disruption. Dual Transformation shows you how your company can come out of a market shift stronger and more profitable, because the threat of disruption is also the greatest opportunity a leadership team will ever face. Disruptive change opens a window of opportunity to create massive new markets. It is the moment when a market also-ran can become a market leader. It is the moment when business legacies are created. That moment starts with the core dual transformation framework: Transformation A: Repositioning today’s business to maximize its resilience, such as how Adobe boldly shifted from selling packaged software to providing software as a service. Transformation B: Creating a new growth engine, such as how Amazon became the world’s largest provider of cloud computing services. Capabilities link: Fighting unfairly by taking advantage of difficult-to-replicate assets without succumbing to the “sucking sound of the core.” Anthony, Gilbert, and Johnson also address the characteristics leaders must embrace: courage, clarity, curiosity, and conviction. Without them, dual transformation efforts can founder. Building on lessons from diverse companies, such as Adobe, Manila Water, and Netflix, and a case study from Gilbert’s firsthand experience transforming his own media and publishing company, Dual Transformation will guide executives through the journey of creating the next version of themselves, allowing them to own the future rather than be disrupted by it.