Hi to everyone who watched this presentation at the Learning Teaching Scotland's conference on 'Play and Active Learning', at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, October 3rd 2009. If you'd like to contact me about anything in the presentation (download it here), please mail me from the link above, or comment on the page below.
Below the Powerpoint, there's a list of article and resources mentioned in or informing the presentation.
Pat Kane: The Power And Potential Of Play
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Links and resources for presentation:
The Play Ethic - book and research
Stuart Brown - Play - book and interview Great synthesis of research on neurophysiology of play - and a lifetime of practical wisdom on the topic
Scientific American cover piece on play - also useful roundup of current research. This New York Times Magazine cover piece casts some doubts about how much the neuroscience backs up a "play theology".
Brian Sutton-Smith's The Ambiguity of Play - the greatest multidisciplinary work of play scholarship in the 20th century. And he's still refining the thesis - see this recent article on Play and the Emotions.Kevin Carroll with a corporate perspective on 'productive play' in The Red Rubber Ball at Work
