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International Froebel Society
3rd Biennial Conference
Learning to Play - Playing to Learn
| Location: | Massachusetts, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2008-03-31 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2008-03-05 |
| Announcement ID: |
161296 |
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International Froebel Society
3rd Biennial Conference
Learning to Play - Playing to Learn
Wheelock College, Boston, USA 9-11 July, 2008.
Call for papers
Following two successful conferences in London and Dublin, the International Froebel Society has chosen Wheelock College, Boston as the venue for its next conference. The theme is play and learning which is at the heart of Froebel’s educational philosophy and is highly topical in today’s world. Key topics include:
• Play and digital technologies, game culture and contemporary childhood;
• Supporting play for learning;
• Designing and structuring play;
• Play places, spaces and outdoor play;
• Playing clean / playing dirty. Moral and ethical issues;
• Play and cultural diversity;
• Disciplinary perspectives on children’s play (sociological, historical, psychological);
• Toys and the material culture of play;
• Play in Froebel’s theory and practice;
• Revisions of Froebel’s practice – for example: G. Stanley Hall, John Dewey, Patty Hill Smith, Luiza Schleger and Alva Myrdal;
• Open stream.
Please visit the following link for more information: http://www.intfroebelsoc.org/conferences.html
Inquiries about the conference are welcome and should be sent to
cfsr@wheelock.edu.
The date for the final submission of proposals/abstracts is 31st March 2008.
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