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Children's gendered and non-gendered play in natural spaces
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Child and Youth Studies.
2011 (English)In: Children, Youth and Environments, E-ISSN 1546-2250, Vol. 21, no 2, p. 5--33Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper concerns gender aspects of children’s play in nature environments. In an ethnographic study, children between 1½ and 6 years in a Swedish outdoor preschool were videotaped during time for free play. Four different play themes were particularly popular among the children: war and superhero play, family play, animal play and physical play. Each one of these themes has been analyzed from two perspectives: how nature resources are used and which gender positions they provide. Within the themes, nature’s affordances are used in various ways. Similarly, a range of gender positions is evident across the themes. The superhero theme includes exclusively gender-stereotyped masculine play positions, while the family theme includes both traditional gender positions and possibilities for transgressions. Further, animal play as well as physical play provides non-gendered play positions. Natural environments are not gender-coded in themselves and they invite certain play activities where girls and boys play together. Thus, nature spaces seem to offer good opportunities to promote gender equity.

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2011. Vol. 21, no 2, p. 5--33
Keywords [en]
gender, play, preschool, nature, outdoor play
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Pedagogy
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Child and Youth Science; Early Childhood Education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-69119OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-69119DiVA, id: diva2:474994
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Swedish Research Council, 2005-3265Available from: 2012-01-26 Created: 2012-01-10 Last updated: 2023-04-27Bibliographically approved

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