Safety and Risk: Benefits of Outdoor Play For Child Education

Abstract

A consideration of the theoretical frameworks of outdoor play between different scholars who emphasised different approaches and points of emphasis to outdoor play reveals a common pattern of consensus as regards the benefits of outdoor play to childhood education, health and development. From Froebel to Smilansky, the variation in points of emphasis between the different theorists does not seem to deter or inhibit the fundamental message of the profound role of outdoor play in childhood education and development. Although play is generally seen in its beneficial values, an added dimension is also given to the ‘green’ aspects of play which finds a suiting echo in outdoor play. The context of the risk involved in outdoor play in the UK therefore leads us into a consideration of safety and risk within the context of outdoor play in the UK. 

Keywords

• risk, safety, outdoor play, child education

Safety and Risk: Benefits of Outdoor Play For Child Education

Abstract

Kuramsal çerçevesi göz önünde bulundurulduğunda sınıf dışı oyun, farklı yaklaşım ve önemli noktaları vurgulayan farklı bilim çevreleri arasında çocuk eğitimi, sağlığı ve gelişime dair ortak bir model ortaya koyar. Frobel'den Smilansky'ye kadar farklı kuramcıların önem noktaları hakkındaki değişik bakış açıları, sınıf dışı oyunun, çocukluk eğitimi ve gelişimindeki esas rolüne ilişkin temel mesajı azalttığını veya kısıtladığını ifade etmemelidir. Oyunun genel olarak olumlu değerlerinin görülmesiyle birlikte, sınıf dışı oyunda uygun yankı bulan "toy" yönler, oyuna artı bir boyut katmaktadır. Bu nedenle, Birleşik Krallık'daki sınıf dışı oyunda yer alan risk içeriği, güvenlik ve risk üzerinde bizi düşünmeye sevkeder

Keywords

• Risk, güvenlik, sınıf dışı oyun, çocuk eğitimi

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