Tag: Key Contexts
28th September 2016
I recently watched a TED talk by Professor Stuart Brown about how the inclusion of play-mechanisms in our life is vital to development and achieving potential… here are a few of my notes and observations
A state of play enables a “differential of power that can be over-ridden that exists in all of us”
Absence of play leads to vulnerability of anti-social behaviours, in some cases extreme
Why do we invest so much time playing with infants?
-cognitive development
-sensory discovery
-socialisation
-occupation
– NOT as rehearsal for adulthood or adult situation
“If its purpose is more important than the act of doing it, it’s probably not play”
Object play – fundamental part of being playful. “The brain in search of a hand, a hand in search of a brain, and the object becomes the medium”
Stopping the using of one’s hands (object play) limited the ability to solve practical problems – could this also be applied to mental (psychological or emotional) problems?
Physical play (rough and tumble):
-emotional regulations
-inter-social normalisation
-cognitive and spatial processing
National Institute for Play
-the programme states that the opposite of play is depression
Neoteny – retention of immature qualities into adulthood
“Rules of the Red Rubber Ball”, Kevin Carroll, sites play as a transformative force over his life
‘From Play to Innovation’ – course at Stamford, focussing on group dynamics and development through play