Jaydene Barnes – författare

This book is the second of two volumes that coalesces a diverse group of play researchers, educators, advocates, practitioners and enthusiasts’ ‘voices’. The goal put forth is to listen, learn and pave a way forward for increased opportunities for all children to engage in outdoor risky play. Throughout this book, the chapters highlight the importance of listening to multiple voices to learn about diverse viewpoints, challenges and experiences. This book offers alternate ways to deliver education that prioritize play for its magnitude of benefits. By challenging the dominant discourse of both outdoor play and risk, it provides firsthand accounts of how education and play might be enacted. In taking the time to contemplate the myriad of approaches, this book empowers readers to be brave in implementing courageous decisions that embrace children’s right to risky play.

This book is the second of two volumes that coalesces a diverse group of play researchers, educators, advocates, practitioners and enthusiasts’ ‘voices’. The goal put forth is to listen, learn and pave a way forward for increased opportunities for all children to engage in outdoor risky play. Throughout this book, the chapters highlight the importance of listening to multiple voices to learn about diverse viewpoints, challenges and experiences. This book offers alternate ways to deliver education that prioritize play for its magnitude of benefits. By challenging the dominant discourse of both outdoor play and risk, it provides firsthand accounts of how education and play might be enacted. In taking the time to contemplate the myriad of approaches, this book empowers readers to be brave in implementing courageous decisions that embrace children’s right to risky play.

This book is the first of two volumes that provide an international snapshot of the contemporary state of outdoor risky play. Utilising a range of voices, it brings together perspectives from the United States of America, Australia, England, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, Germany, Ireland, Finland, Turkey, Italy, Canada, and South Africa, to explore issues such as the enablers and opportunities afforded by risky outdoor play. With diminished opportunities for children to engage in free play in the great outdoors and connect with nature, there has never been a more important time to examine this topic in greater detail. By unifying voices from across the globe, this book seeks to empower each child’s right to learn and develop naturally in risky outdoor play.