Affordances for 1- to 3-Year-Olds' Risky Play in Early Childhood Education and Care

Autor/in	Kleppe, Rasmus
Titel	Affordances for 1- to 3-Year-Olds' Risky Play in Early Childhood Education and Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 16 (2018) 3, S.258-275 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kleppe, Rasmus)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X18762237
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Child Care; Young Children; Play; Risk; Environmental Influences; Child Safety; Preschool Education; Child Care Centers; Infants; Toddlers; Rating Scales; Child Behavior; Foreign Countries; Observation; Playgrounds; Classroom Environment; Norway; Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Frühe Kindheit; Spiel; Risiko; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Rating-Skala; Ausland; Beobachtung; Playground; Spielplatz; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Norwegen
Abstract	This article focuses on how Early Childhood Education and Care institutions provide for 1- to 3-year-olds' risky play--a previously little researched topic--utilizing data from an exploratory, small-scale study investigating aspects of risky play in the age-group. The main findings describe how three essentially different Early Childhood Education and Care centers provide different opportunities for risky play. These environments are assessed with the theoretical concept of affordance and suggest that versatile, flexible, and complex environments and equipment--with little objective risk--are optimal for children's risky play in this age-group. Being a new topic, the affordance assessment is discussed in relation to a standardized measurement, the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating Scale--Revised edition. Findings indicate that the two approaches partly coincide but also that there are discrepancies. Interpretations and implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01