Thomas Morgenthaler
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Thomas Morgenthaler
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PhD | Interested in play value in play spaces | Children's participation | Inclusion | Occupational science | Occupational therapy | Outdoor play
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Earlier this year, my coauthors and I published the "Environmental Taxonomy of Outdoor Play Space Features". Now, we’re taking steps to ensure this work is available in diverse formats to match your learning preferences—whether you prefer to 🙊 read, 🙈 see, or 🙉 listen.
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Articles (not just in The Guardian) about child poverty are very often illustrated with images of children playing and/or in public space. Yet they almost never reflect on the relationship between poverty and play, either at home or in neighbourhoods, despite this being a profoundly important issue.
February 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In this study, 13 children with diverse disabilities describe their #outdoorplay experiences in six French #schoolyards.

Full article: Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities’ outdoor play in French mainstream schools www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities’ outdoor play in French mainstream schools
Children’s right to play remains underexplored in French mainstream schools. France’s inclusive education policies aim to include children with disabilities in mainstream classrooms, but this trans...
www.tandfonline.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Earlier this year, my coauthors and I published the "Environmental Taxonomy of Outdoor Play Space Features". Now, we’re taking steps to ensure this work is available in diverse formats to match your learning preferences—whether you prefer to 🙊 read, 🙈 see, or 🙉 listen.
December 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM