The University of Sheffield - Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life
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Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 7 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 7 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
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Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life at FutureLearn Course details
- This course from the
- will encourage you to think differently about play.
- We'll discuss definitions of play and current debates about how the nature of play changes. Does play help us to learn? Can it prepare young people to be successful in the adult world? Are all forms of play good for us?
Exploring Play: The Importance of Play in Everyday Life at FutureLearn Curriculum
Definitions of play
Welcome to the course
Definitions of play
Play across the lifespan
Play across cultures
Quiz and a look forward to next week
Additional activity
Histories of play
Introduction to Week 2
History of play
Continuities and discontinuities in play
Modern technology and play
Quiz and a look forward to next week
Children, environments and emotions
Introduction to Week 3
Where do children play?
Outdoor environments
Emotional experiences of play
Trauma and play
Quiz and a look forward to next week
Teenagers, adults and play
Introduction to Week 4
Understanding teenagers' play
Skating the city
Serious play and curiosity
Play across generations
Quiz and a look forward to next week
The relationship between virtual play and the outside world
Which world do we live in? Exploring play in the virtual world
Experiencing play in virtual worlds
The virtual social world
Education and disability issues in Second Life
Reflecting on virtual play
Playing with information
Quiz and a look forward to next week
Disability and play
Introduction to Week 6
Play and disability in practice
Research stories
Disability and being human
A look forward to next week
Reflections on play
Introduction to Week 7
Play in everyday life
Reviewing your thoughts on play and the course
Farewell, thanks and end of course assessment
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