Risk and Our Pedagogical Relation to Children: On the Playground and Beyond

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State University of New York Press, 27 feb 1998 - 232 páginas
In this thoughtful book, Stephen Smith shows how parents and educators can become aware of the positive value of risk in children's lives and how they can be challenged to take risks that are worth their while. This text is a "how so" much more than a "how to" book. It shows by evocative example and provocative questions how adults can help children mature with confidence and a strong sense of physical competence.

The analysis shows the place, silence, atmosphere, challenge, encounter, practice and possibility of risk-taking. It consistently and conscientiously draws attention to a careful, solicitous manner of being with children.

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Introduction
3
The Place of Risk
35
The Silence of Risk
57
The Atmosphere of Risk
81
The Encounter with Risk
119
The Practice of Risk
143
The Possibility of Risk
161
Practical Insights
175
Notes
185
Bibliography
199
Index
215
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Stephen J. Smith is Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University.

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