The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning

Tim Waller is Editor of this book, and Professor of Child and Family Studies at Anglia Ruskin University. The majority of the contributors are based at the University of Northampton, and this is very much a team book.

Introduction - Tim Waller, Eva AErlemalm-Hagser, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Libby Lee-Hammond, Kristi Lekies and Shirley Wyver PART ONE: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS & CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES - SECTION EDITOR - SHIRLEY WYVER Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework of Developmental Theories of Play - Olivia Saracho Chapter 2: Affordance Theory in Outdoor Play - Jane Waters Chapter 3: Technology and Outdoor Play: Concerns and Opportunities - Doris Bergen Chapter 4: Outdoor Play in Recess Time - Robyn M Holmes & Kristen E Kohm Chapter 5: Outdoor Play and Cognitive Development - Shirley Wyver Chapter 6: Forest School for the Early Years in England - Sara Knight PART TWO: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON POLICY & REGULATION - SECTION EDITOR - ELLEN HANSEN SANDSETER Chapter 7: Risk and Safety in Outdoor Play - Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Helen Little, David Ball, David Eager and Mariana Brussoni Chapter 8: The Evolution of Policy on Risk Management in Outdoor Play - Tim Gill Chapter 9: Outdoor Play Spaces In Canada: As If Children Mattered - Susan Herrington, Sara Brunelle, Mariana Brussoni Chapter 10: The Rise of Outdoor Play and Education Issues in Preschools in South Korea - Kwi-Ok Nah Chapter 11: Outdoor Play in Latin American Early Childhood and Elementary Schools: A Review of the Literature - Pelusa Orellana & Maria Francisca Valenzuela Chapter 12: How to Revitalize American Playgrounds - Susan Solomon PART THREE: CHILDREN'S ENGAGEMENT WITH NATURE, SUSTAINABILITY & CHILDREN'S GEOGRAPHIES - SECTION EDITOR - EVA ARLEMALM-HAGSER Chapter 13: Early Childhood Education for Sustainability. The Relationship Between Young Children's Participation and Agency - Children and Nature - Eva AErlemalm-Hagser & Anette Sandberg Chapter 14: Considering Children's Opportunities for Exploration of Their Local Environment and Engagement with Nature - Sarah MacQuarrie, Clare Nugent Chapter 15: Nature Preschools in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Norway: Characteristics and Differences - Olav Lysklett Chapter 16: Places for Symbolic Play in Nature Environments - Eva AEnggard Chapter 17: Assessing Free Play Behavior in Urban Play Spaces - Antje Luchs Chapter 18: Nature Pedagogy - An Exploration of the Storied Narratives Which Illustrate Its Application Across Spaces Inside, Outside And Beyond - Claire Warden Chapter 19: An Australian Perspective: Seeking Sustainability in Early Childhood Outdoor Playspaces - Sue Elliott PART FOUR: DIVERSE CONTEXTS & INCLUSION IN CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR PLAY ENVIRONMENTS - SECTION EDITOR - LIBBY LEE-HAMMOND Chapter 20: Belonging in Nature: Spirituality, Indigenous Cultures and Biophilia - Libby Lee-Hammond Chapter 21: Along Paths of Movement: Sami Children and Early Childhood Student Teachers as Wayfarers - Ylva Jannok Nutti Chapter 22: Gender Issues in Outdoor Play - Feyza Tantekin Erden, Zisan Guner Alpaslan Chapter 23: Outdoor play and Learning in the Landscape of Children's Rights - Theresa Casey Chapter 24: Multilingual Development and Outdoor Play - Georgianna Duarte, Greta Freeman Chapter 25: Thinking with Land/Working with Elders: Accessing Indigenous Knowledges in Early Childhood Education Through Outdoor Experiences - Mary Caroline Rowan Chapter 26: "Men and Women in Outdoor Play - The Gender Perspective" - Bernhard Koch, Kari Emilsen PART FIVE: METHODOLOGIES FOR RESEARCHING OUTDOOR PLAY & LEARNING - SECTION EDITOR - TIM WALLER Chapter 27: Participatory Research with Very Young Children - Angeliki Bitou, Tim Waller Chapter 28: Developing the Pedagogic Method Narrative Journey - Philip Waters Chapter 29: Take Two: Using Video as an Analysis Tool for Outdoor Play - Natalie Canning Chapter 30: The Importance of Randomised Control Trials as an Evidence Base - Shirley Wyver Chapter 31: Indigenous Methodologies in Education Research: Case Study of Children's Play in Solomon Islands - Libby Lee-Hammond, Yeshe Colliver Chapter 32: "Naturalizar Educativamente": The Chilean Quest for Introducing Outdoor Learning and Play in Early Childhood Education - Josefina Prieto Chapter 33: Indigenising Outdoor Play in New Zealand - Dr Amanda Bateman, Professor Margie Hohepa, Tim Bennet PART SIX: LINKS BETWEEN RESEARCH & PRACTICE - SECTION EDITOR - KRISTI LEKIES Chapter 34: Investigating Children's Collecting Behavior Outdoors - Kristi Lekies, Thomas Beery, Jed Brensinger Chapter 35: Enhancing the Outdoor Learning Spaces for Pre-Primary Classes in Western Ethiopia - Dr Valerie Huggins Chapter 36: Outdoor Play and Learning in Preschools in South Africa - Judy Van Heerden, Marie Botha Chapter 37: Early Childhood Teachers' (Pre- and Compulsory School Teachers) Use of the Outdoor Environment in Children's Learning About Living Beings - Kristin Nor?dahl, Johanna Einarsdottir and Gunnhildur Oskarsdottir Chapter 38: Storied Landscapes: Children's Experiences and The 'Sense' of Place - Kari Jorgensen Chapter 39: The Magic of Outdoor Play: A Phenomenological Hermeneutic Approach - Merete Lund Fasting Chapter 40: What Children Are Learning During Outdoor Play Activities? Examining the Free Play Activities - Sachiko Kitano

Waller et al have given us a remarkable book that presents the impact of globalization on outdoor play around the world, skillfully bringing together local research, pedagogy and policy in the context of global "playgrounds" or outdoor play spaces. Diverse worldviews on outdoor play are examined along cultural values such as spirituality, gender roles, age veneration, sustainability, and children's rights which, together with a section on research methodology for studying young children's outdoor play, make it especially relevant to the field. This book is a must read for all early childhood educators around the world! -- Amita Gupta This is a really valuable international collaboration. Presenting wide-ranging evidence for the importance of playing and learning outdoors, it also demonstrates how much research into children's outdoor play is maturing. Crossing research, policy and practice, the collection shows the depth and breadth of current research areas and methods in this field, and how research paradigms and approaches are themselves being pushed by these studies. Drawing from cultures and approaches across countries and regions alongside useful critical reviews, the handbook also offers contexts to frame further enquiry - and there are a great many questions waiting to be explored! -- Jan White This international handbook will provide a fantastic resource for all those interested in how outdoor play and learning can act to benefit our children and our environment. The wealth of different perspectives brought together by these experienced and highly respected editors in the field offers an eclectic and coherent insight into both research and theory about outdoor play and learning. -- Sue Waite This SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning is a much longed for resource. Evolving the field of environmental education, this collection of research combines the outdoors and issues related to a sustainable lifestyle with play and learning. Everything is so much easier outdoors, the drive, flow and grit permeate play and explorations, in short the time outdoors is well spent and fun. Bring out your rubber boots, a snack and this book and enjoy! -- Ingrid Engdahl The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning is an impressive collection of interdisciplinary, multicultural and global knowledge about children's outdoor play, written by internationally acclaimed scholars. Contrary to the publishers' modest opinion (p. 16), I think this handbook is very comprehensive! The book provides a vast amount of in depth knowledge covering a wide range of relevant issues, including critical perspectives. I hope the book will find a large circulation; it is exceedingly relevant for students, teachers and educators, teacher educators, researchers as well as authorities and politicians who are concerned about children's upbringing, play and leaning. -- Thomas Moser With a 10 year background in research and dialogue each chapter offers great depth to those studying the benefits of outdoor play and the problems caused by a world that has largely forgotten children. This is a comprehensive book that, at over 700 pages, has much to offer those studying or researching this area of early education -- Neil Henty