Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter – författare

There has been a growing academic interest in the role of outdoor spaces for play in a child's development. This text represents a coordinated and comprehensive volume of international research on this subject edited by members of the well-established European Early Childhood Education Research Association Outdoor Play and Learning SIG (OPAL). Chapters written by authors from Europe, North and South America, Australasia and Asia Pacific countries are organised into six sections:

Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Approaches for Understanding Outdoor Play & Learning Critical Reflections on Policy and Regulation in Outdoor Play & Learning Children's Engagement with Nature, Sustainability and Children's Geographies Diverse Contexts and Inclusion in Children's Outdoor Play Environments Methodologies for Researching Outdoor Play and Learning Links Between Research and Practice

There has been a growing academic interest in the role of outdoor spaces for play in a child′s development. This text represents a coordinated and comprehensive volume of international research on this subject edited by members of the well-established European Early Childhood Education Research Association Outdoor Play and Learning SIG (OPAL). Chapters written by authors from Europe, North and South America, Australasia and Asia Pacific countries are organised into six sections:

Theoretical Frameworks and Conceptual Approaches for Understanding Outdoor Play & Learning Critical Reflections on Policy and Regulation in Outdoor Play & Learning Children′s Engagement with Nature, Sustainability and Children′s Geographies Diverse Contexts and Inclusion in Children′s Outdoor Play Environments Methodologies for Researching Outdoor Play and Learning Links Between Research and Practice

This open access book brings together current childhood research and contemporary ethical theory to draw attention to how children depend upon a scope of action for risky play for their mental and physical development. In many countries, the opportunities for children to play away from adults' close attention have decreased. At both school and home, protection and avoidance of harm take increasing priority. This book draws a distinction between do-good ethics and avoid-harm ethics to highlight ethical tensions and dilemmas encountered by professionals who work with children, and suggests better ways to balance these ethical dimensions in approaching risky play.

Dieses praktisch ausgelegte Buch bringt aktuelle Kindheitsforschung und zeitgenössische ethische Theorie zusammen. Es zeigt, wie sehr Kinder für ihre geistige und körperliche Entwicklung auf einen Handlungsspielraum für riskantes Spiel angewiesen sind. In vielen Ländern sind die Möglichkeiten unbeobachteten und unbegleiteten Spiels für Kinder zurückgegangen. Sowohl in der Schule als auch zu Hause stehen Schutz und Schadensvermeidung zunehmend im Vordergrund. In diesem Buch wird zwischen einer Ethik des Guten und einer Ethik der Schadensvermeidung unterschieden, um ethische Spannungen und Dilemmata aufzuzeigen, mit denen Fachkräfte, die mit Kindern arbeiten, konfrontiert sind. Außerdem werden Wege vorgeschlagen, diese ethischen Dimensionen beim Umgang mit riskantem Spiel besser auszubalancieren.