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Overview
This Exploring Play - The Importance of Play in Everyday Life course from The University of Sheffield by FutureLearn 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?
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe Brian Sutton-Smith’s seven rhetorics of play.
- Explore the history of toys and games.
- Identify continuity and change in play across centuries.
- Compare play activities across cultures.
- Debate the impact of modern technology on play.
- Investigate where children and teenagers play in your neighborhood.
Accreditation
The CPD Certification Service
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Topics include:- The history and diversity of play.
- Definitions and rhetorics of play.
- Play across lifespan, cultures and contexts.
- Play in outdoor and indoor environments.
- Emotion, gender and play.
- Trauma and play.
- Disability and play.
- Teenagers, adults and play.
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Play is a fundamental part of innovation and creativity across a whole range of subjects, careers, disciplines and industries, from fashion and engineering to teaching and business.
- This course will be of interest to you if you wish to work or study in the fields of psychology, playwork, childhood studies, play therapy, hospital play, teaching, childcare, or if you just want to better understand your relationship with the children in your life and your own play.
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International
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National
94 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 94 EUR for the full programme during 2 months.
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