Peer-reviewed research2017 Otago review (McNatty & Boyes)
Curious play: children's exploration of nature
The article uses 'curious play' to understand children's free play in nature, seeing children as active explorers who build knowledge.
What's new
The article explores curious play as a theoretical framework to understand and communicate children's experiences of free play in nature. Children are conceptualised as active explorers and playful agents who embody and create knowledge, skills and understandings of themselves and their life-worlds.
Why it matters in Aotearoa
Supports valuing free play in nature as real learning.
How strong is the evidence
Peer-reviewed conceptual paper
What to read
The full article
Who it's for
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