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Qualitative Research on Children’s Play: A Review of Recent Literature

This book chapter is a review of the recent, English-language qualitative research on children’s play. It focuses on the place play has in children’s experience and giving sense to the world. Thus, it will leave aside the large and important body of research on the effect or outcomes (benefits and possible harmful consequences) of play…

Publication year: 2007
Content Type: Book

Putting the Informal on the Map Tools for Participatory Waste Management

Informal urban infrastructures are a challenging environment for participatory design, both from an organizational and technical perspective. In this paper we reflect on a recent research project involving participatory sensing and design of participatory technologies for informal recycling cooperatives. We collaborated with COOPAMARE, a cooperative in central São Paulo, Brazil, on two goals: to map…

Publication year: 2012
Content Type: Academic paper

Psychosocial Intervention for War-Affected Children in Sierra Leone

PLAN international and UNESCO worked on a psychosocial pilot project to normalise ‘displaced children’s lives and alleviate psychological distress by participating in non formal education, trauma healing and recreation activities’. A psychosocial assessment study was conducted with 8-17 year-old displaced children in Sierra Leone to assess emotional and mental health of the children after the…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

Psychological Empowerment: Issues and Illustration

The thesis of this paper is that the development of a universal and global measure of psychological empowerment may not be a feasible or appropriate goal. It begins by distinguishing between empowerment processes and outcomes. Underlying assumptions are discussed including the notion that empowerment differs across people, contexts, and times. A nomological network that includes…

Publication year: 1995
Content Type: Academic paper

Protecting and Supporting Internally Displaced Children in Urban Settings

At the end of 2018, over 17 million children were internally displaced by conflict or violence, and millions more by disasters or other causes. Within a global context of increasing urbanisation, towns and cities are becoming a major refuge for displaced populations, including children. Displaced children and their families in urban settings may find it…

Publication year: 2019
Content Type: Report

Preventive Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children and Adolescents in High-Income Settings

This review describes interventions that are delivered to refugee children, interventions with parents and schools, and broader cultural and socioeconomic interventions. The author notes that due to the multidimensional challenges that refugee children face, it is important to do ‘comprehensive psychological interventions’ as well as ‘restoring and supporting the social and physical environment’ so that…

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Academic paper

Practice Standards in Children’s Participation

The report provides a framework and operational guidelines for field workers who want to support children’s participation. The seven standards discussed are: An ethical approach – transparency, honesty and accountability; Children’s participation is relevant and voluntary; A child-friendly, enabling environment; Equality of opportunity; Staff are effective and confident; Participation promotes the safety and protection of…

Publication year: 2005
Content Type: Report

Practical Toolkit on Children’s Participation

This toolkit provides practical tools on how to implement children’s participation in: 1) research, 2) programming, 3) advocacy, 4) communications, and 5) fundraising.

Content Type: Toolkit

Practical Approaches to Dramatherapy: The Shield of Perseus

This book focuses on the application on dramatherapy in diverse contexts. The authors explain how sessions are shaped and how dramatherapy works, whether with individuals or groups. The book highlights the potential of dramatherapy and provides practical examples and advice.

Publication year: 2000
Content Type: Book

Posttraumatic Play: Towards Acceptance and Resolution

This article examines the issues surrounding childhood trauma and PTP. It uses a case study to illustrate the phases of a play therapy approach that incorporates Ericksonian principles, in order for the child to achieve resolution and acceptance. The countertransference issues that a clinician may encounter also are discussed.

Publication year: 2007
Content Type: Academic paper

Playwork Theory and Practice

This book brings together theoretical perspectives and practical advice to improve playwork practice. There are chapters on the role of adventure playgrounds; the challenge of starting a playwork section in a local authority; and the value of networking.

Publication year: 2003
Content Type: Book

Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum

The Third Edition of this popular book reflects contemporary research as well as thinking about the role and value of play in learning and development, within and beyond early childhood. The author explores recent developments across international contexts which endorse play, and argues for critical engagement with some aspects of policy discourse in how ‘educational…

Publication year: 2013
Content Type: Book

Play Reconsidered: Sociological Perspectives on Human Expression

In this book, rather than viewing play simply as a preoccupation of the young and a vehicle for skill development, Thomas S. Henricks argues that its a social and cultural phenomenon of adult life, enveloped by wider structures and processes of society. In that context, he argues that a truly sociological approach to play should…

Publication year: 2006
Content Type: Book

Play in Early Childhood

This book is written in Arabic and provides an overview of play theories as well as some examples of play and play provision in Lebanon.

Publication year: 2006
Content Type: Academic paper

Play as Children See It

The first section considers studies that ask children the seemingly simple question: What happens when you go to school? Of interest is whether play enters into children’s school scripts and, if it does, where it goes. Do children’s responses reveal their emotional and motivational judgments of schools and, if so, how are these judgments expressed?…

Publication year: 2006
Content Type: Book

Participatory Urban Planning: Planning the City with and for Its Citizens

Participatory urban planning has a strong potential to transform the city and its neighbourhoods. However, it must be well planned if it is to be successful. This guidebook lays out the general aspects of the process developed by the MUEC. Its goal is to equip stakeholders and citizens by providing them with an overview of…

Publication year: 2015
Content Type: Toolkit

Participatory Urban Planning

Highlights: -Engaging youth and underrepresented groups in urban planning addresses concerns about equity and provides opportunities for engaging multiple innovative perspectives. -Urban environmental education provides a framework to understand difficult trade-offs inherent in urban planning. -Urban planning brings a spatial perspective to urban environmental education pedagogy. -Together the tools of participatory urban planning and environmental…

Publication year: 2017
Content Type: Book

Participatory Design with Marginalized People in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities Experienced in a Field Study in Cambodia

In this article is presented a field study where participatory design tools and techniques were used in Cambodia to develop ideas for a device that enables children who use prosthetic legs to walk in mud. The study also identifies and describes examples of differentiating circumstances across four categories: human; social, cultural and religious; financial and…

Publication year: 2012
Content Type: Academic paper

Participatory Design Processes for the Development of Green Areas of Large-Scale Housing: Case Studies from Budapest and Riga

Large housing estates (LHE) found in CEE countries can be seen as a legacy of socialism. Their endurance in these countries is still evident: the future of LHEs is substantially linked to their physical and social characteristics formed during socialism and their decline in status in Hungary and Latvia. The Western European practice of urban…

Publication year: 2016
Content Type: Academic paper

Participatory Design in Architectural Practice: Changing Practices in Future Making in Uncertain Times

The ways that architects invite participation in the design of future environments has evolved. This paper traces a history of architectural participatory design from the mid-twentieth century. This exploration suggests that current interest in participatory design reflects more progressive forms of architectural practice, where participatory interventions in everyday settings acknowledge and embrace value pluralism. Architects…

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Academic paper

Operational Guidelines on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings: Three-Tiered Support for Children and Families

The guidelines offer practical information and tools to implement a range of MHPSS interventions to rapidly address the protection and psychosocial support needs of children and families, in parallel with tailored mental health interventions for those most in need. They are intended for UNICEF staff, partners and other agencies in humanitarian settings to help effectively…

Publication year: 2018
Content Type: Toolkit

New Urban Agenda

The New Urban Agenda presented standards and principles for the planning, construction, development, management, and improvement of urban areas along its five main pillars of implementation: national urban policies, urban legislation and regulations, urban planning and design, local economy and municipal finance, and local implementation. It was developed as “a resource for every level of…

Publication year: 2017
Content Type: Report

Motivations, Results and the Role of Technology in Participatory Design Research During 2000’s – A Review in the Field of Architecture and Urban Planning

This study analyses motivations, results and technology of the participatory design approach. It is a review based on 32 papers, presenting recent studies on participatory design in architecture and urban planning during the time period from 2000 to 2014. As a result, the main motivations, outcomes and the role of technology are emphasised and discussed.…

Publication year: 2016
Content Type: Academic paper

Monitoring Government Policies: A Toolkit for Civil Society Organisations in Africa

The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Christian Aid, and Trócaire started the toolkit project to assist partner organizations in holding their governments to account for the consequences of their policies. This 100 page document is a resource for civil society organizations operating in Africa. This toolkit specifically targets African partners, seeking to share the…

Publication year: 2007
Content Type: Toolkit

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