Should we be calling it " Free Nature Play?" with Angus Gorrie
Episode description
In this episode, we’re chatting to the passionate Angus Gorrie, from The Outsiders: Play Advocates all about the evolutionary perspective of loose parts and the problematic nature of titling it "risky” and/or “nature play.”
👉 Angus Shares
- How the floods have affected the camp
- The story of Outsiders
- The qualities he has seen develop in the children at Camp Hill
- How he would describe what Camp Hill looks like to an outsider
- The problem with social media values in depicting children's play
- An evolutionary perspective on loose parts in the framework of free play
- The importance of time in facilitating change in educator's perspectives
- Insight into the documented decline in Free Play for children
- The fundamental holistic importance of play
- How lived experience connects to learning
- How the minimisation of play spaces has impacted children
- Why we shouldn't call it nature play and risky play
- Favourite loose parts memories from Camp Hill
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