Hello. This is the 6th episode of the Bristol Men in Early Years Podcast. Today we’re joined by Ben Tawil, Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and joint director of Ludicology - wherein he provides training and offers research to those involved in children’s play. We talk about a host of things, including: Field of free action (maximising children’s play opportunity), play as relegated to recreation (not development), features of play and how to facilitate them in settings, observations without criteria, Simon Nicholson and The Theory of Loose Parts, Liz Wood and criticising EYFS criteria, male experience of working with children, mixed age groups and more.

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