Archive for the ‘Play – Research’ Category
The Curfew Rule.
Curfews were first introduced in 1998 in a policy called the Crime and Disorder Act for England and Wales. In Scotland curfew schemes have been around since 1997. The 2003 Anti-Social Behaviour Act means they could become more widespread. Curfews can be introduced in areas where the police and the council agree that gangs have [...]
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Kids have their say..
BBC Newsround asks Kids “Do adults spoil your fun?” “No, they don’t stop me from doing loads of stuff, but even if they did I wouldn’t mind 2 much cause it is a way of proof that they love me and they want to protect me. I love my parents and I no they love [...]
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Some people can become ill because they are so stressed. I was one of those people last year. I didn’t even realise it until someone suggested that was the reason why I wasn’t well and when I thought about it, they could be right. People cope differently with stress, in some people, you can see [...]
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UK Statistics
From the same website of Eurocamp I have found some interesting Statistics that they are also using to sell their holidays. But they will come in useful for my Play brief. I have selected a few places from around the UK and retrieved statistics about what people do in their spare time and how or [...]
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Eurocamp
Eurocamp asks us – “Are we getting enough Play?” “As children we had little difficulty in making the most of play-time and when the last school session ended we needed no prompting to leave the classroom for the fresh air and activities we collectively call play. As play-time became break-time then recreation-time and we evolved [...]
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As I was doing my research I found such an interesting article about adult play, and how adults distinguish work from play. If an adult goes to work everyday carrying out the job of their dreams it should be fun for them shouldn’t it? But why is it then classed as work? Because they get [...]
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Animal Behaviour
I thought I’d go right back to basics and look at animal behaviour, I found the following information from the Britannica Online service. “Play and curiosity are exhibited by many mammals and by some birds and figure importantly in the learning of numerous activities. Play is especially characteristic of young animals, but the adults of [...]
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Children and their aspirations..
What are the top 5 imaginative games that children can play on their own or with friends? I would say Houses, Mums and Dads, Teachers, Doctors and Nurses and reinacting a programme or story that they love (Spice Girls in my case! ). The fact is that these are all aspirations of what children want [...]
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Playday
Between 1995 and 2003 the number of kids in the UK who are overweight enough to harm their health jumped from 9.9% to 13.7%. – BBC Newsround.I feel that this is because the way children play has changed, it is fashionable to play on their XBox or PS3 with friends or online over the internet [...]
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The Brief…
This is where I enitially scribbled down my ideas as I read through the brief.. I suppose you could say I defaced it.. a little. I know its not exactly research but I thought I should document my ideas now before I forget them, then research my ideas and go from there. As I read [...]
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Play
Its just such a broad word, and thats why I think I might struggle trying to get into this assignment. As I understand it our assignment is referring to the type of play that we engage in for enjoyment purposes, whether that means being involved in sports, performing arts, or just playing a simple game [...]
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Before I begin..
First of all, I need to find out what Ethnographic Research is! Here are some definitions that I found from various different websites: “Testing that is carried out under realistic conditions of use. Results are usually qualitative rather than quantitative.” – designcouncil.org.uk “Study of living cultures, using anthropological techniques like participant observation (where the anthropologist [...]
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