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The new conversational Barbie doll may be good at keeping children entertained, but do we really know who’s listening in?
As Benedict Cumberbatch prepares to return to 221B Baker Street for a Sherlock Christmas Special, a great, unsolved mystery remains: what is the source of the detective’s enduring appeal?
The benefits of learning through play are well documented. In rural communities in South Africa, “playing school” produces passionate lifelong readers.
Infant monkeys who play more develop better motor skills even though they grow more slowly, a study has found.
Globally, evidence points to children becoming less active because they would rather play computer games than be outdoors.
Inside the theme park where kids have to play at real jobs to earn a living.
New research has found that fears of playground accidents such as falls have led to considerable changes in school playgrounds, reflecting a climate of over-policing and surplus rules and regulations.
When conspiracy theorists label games and literature “Satanic,” what does it say about their own imaginations and ability to engage in play?
Playfulness is frowned upon in secondary school. It shouldn’t be.
The summer holidays are well and truly over. The magic of Christmas is back in its box. Sales of champagne have plunged. The customary dribble back to work across the stretch of January, and now early…
I am always repeating the mantra that we should “work hard and play hard”. But is having fun professionally productive? As someone who studies animal behaviour I sometimes look to my experimental subjects…
Youth sports are viewed as a rite of passage in a child’s development. If the clichés that permeate sports broadcasts and locker room speeches are to be believed, sports participation teaches children…
On Tuesday Greens Spokesperson for women, Larissa Waters, lent her support to No Gender December – a campaign spearheaded by the group Play Unlimited that aims to highlight the gendered marketing of toys…
Earlier this year, an American mother was arrested for allowing her nine year old daughter to play unsupervised in a park while she finished her shift at work. Even though this story got a lot of press…
Parents are often told they need to get their kids outside to play to combat childhood obesity - which is more widespread than ever. But outside play isn’t only important in combating childhood obesity…
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Research Project Officer, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer and Researcher in Urban and Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Physical Activity and Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Design; Coordinator, Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
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Professor in Education, Durham University
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
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VC Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Healthy Ageing, Australian Catholic University
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