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The Positive Relationships of Playfulness With Indicators of Health, Activity, and Physical Fitness

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Adult playfulness is a personality trait that enables people to frame or reframe everyday situations in such a way that they experience them as entertaining, intellectually stimulating, or personally interesting. Earlier research supports the notion that
René T. Proyer, René T. Proyer, Fabian Gander, Emma J. Bertenshaw, Kay Brauer   +4 more
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Integrating collaborative virtual reality into medical neuroanatomy selectively enhances short‐term spatial understanding of brain structure

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning neuroanatomy presents a major challenge for medical students due to the brain's high spatial complexity and the limitations of traditional two‐dimensional instruction methods. Virtual reality (VR) provides immersive three‐dimensional visualization which may enhance spatial understanding, yet its effectiveness when implemented ...
Michal Bernstein‐Eliav, Tamar Ben‐David, Maya Schmeidler, Niv Tik, Alla Bronshtein, Ido Tavor   +5 more
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Older adults' playful experiences of VR gaming

ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
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Turunen Markku, Forssell Mirkka, Paavilainen Janne, Hassan Lobna, Hassan Lobna   +4 more
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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Young Belugas Diversify Adult Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Behavior [PDF]

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2015
Across the animal kingdom, immature animals are characterized by their playfulness and diversity of behavior, but are their actions enriching to adult conspecifics?
Heather Hill, Sara Guarino, Shirlee Crandall, Emily Lenhart, Sarah Dietrich   +4 more
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Playful Adult Learning: LEGO® as a Playful and Pedagogical Approach

This paper explores the role of playfulness in adult learning and examines the case of LEGO seminars. This study interviewed trainees and educators in LEGO Education seminars and findings show that playful process in seminars could benefit adults in multiple ways.
Dimitra Chasanidou, Natassa Raikou
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the playfulness of mothers of preschool children with typical development and developmental delays

Frontiers in Psychology
Early childhood is a critical developmental period in which the quality of parent–child interaction shapes children’s cognitive, language, motor, and social–emotional development.
Elif Açıkgöz Söğüt, Esra Betül Kölemen   +1 more
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Free-Form Dance as an Alternative Interaction for Adult Grandchildren and Their Grandparents

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Shared leisure activities fulfill a central role in strengthening the relationship with adult grandchildren and provide a vehicle for transmission of values.
Einat Shuper Engelhard, Einat Shuper Engelhard   +1 more
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