Fraught with Frights or Full of Fun: Perspectives of Risky Play among Six-to-Eight-Year Olds

Autor/inn/en	Hinchion, Sarah; McAuliffe, Ellen; Lynch, Helen
Titel	Fraught with Frights or Full of Fun: Perspectives of Risky Play among Six-to-Eight-Year Olds
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 29 (2021) 5, S.696-714 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lynch, Helen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2021.1968460
Schlagwörter	Risk; Play; Recreational Activities; Children; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Childrens Attitudes; Freehand Drawing; Empowerment; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Spiel; Freizeitgestaltung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Drawing; Zeichnen; Irland
Abstract	Outdoor play provides children with unique opportunities to explore and expand their worlds, and to incorporate risk and challenge into play events. However, international research indicates that children are being exposed to fewer opportunities to engage in outdoor, risky play, while few studies have explored risky play among children aged six-to-eight years in differing cultural contexts. This qualitative study explored children's perspectives and experiences of outdoor risky play in a rural Irish town. Ten children took part in focus groups, drawings, photography, a child-led tour of the local community and a map-making session. Three themes emerged: "Risky play and me, my power to play and 'sometimes it is kind of worth it!'." Findings suggest that risky play categories evolve as children age, and some new categories surfaced, including risky construction and breaking the rules. Further exploration of risky play is warranted to ascertain its characteristics more fully among this age group. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01