Bob hughes play theorist biography of michael

Playworkers like Bob Hughes and many others began to research and write about playwork.

In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic playwork text, Bob Hughes explores the complexities of children's play, its meaning and purpose, and.

Bob Hughes, a lead scholar and practitioner in the field of playwork is then introduced along with his taxonomy of play types and his ideas about play.

Hughes also made other major contributions to play theory: in his study of the effects of the troubles in Belfast on children's play, from.

I was in Liverpool on Saturday night when I heard the sad news that Bob Hughes, play theorist and activist (to say the least), had left us.

Bob Hughes, a lead scholar and practitioner in the field of playwork is then introduced along with his taxonomy of play types and his ideas about play.!

Table of Contents

What is Bob Hughes theory?

Bob Hughes’ 16 play types, illustrated by Alejandra Gomez.

Rough and Tumble Play — “close encounter play which is less to do with fighting and more to do with touching, tickling, gauging relative strength. Discovering physical flexibility and the exhilaration of display.” Sometimes children look like they are fighting.

What is deep play Bob Hughes?

Deep Play – play which allows the child to encounter risky or even potentially life threatening experiences, to develop survival skills and conquer fear.

Aspects of Playwork reflects the diversity of interpretations of what playwork is, from the historical to the almost sci-fi, from ghostly traces to the hard.

Exploratory Play – play to access factual information consisting of manipulative behaviours such as handling, throwing, banging or mouthing objects.

What is Tina Bruce theory?

Bruce posits that children do not learn through play, but instead practise what they have learned in their play.

In an interview with Nal’ibali (see below), Bruce states that. “play transforms children because it helps them to function beyond the here