P4Play - european doctorial program for occupational science
At a glance
- Co-project leader : Dr. Helen Lynch, Dr. Duncan Pentland, Dr. Maria Prellwitz
- Deputy of project leader : Prof. Dr. Christina Schulze
- Project team : Cerunne Bouts, Dr. Ger Craddock, Thomas Morgenthaler, Ines Wenger
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : EU and other international programmes (Horizon 2020 / Projekt Nr. 861257)
- Project partner : Luleå University of Technology, University College Cork, The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Queen Margaret University / Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies, De Speeltvinbende
- Contact person : Christina Schulze
Description
P4PLAY is a doctoral programme for occupational therapists, funded as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action by the Horizon Europe funding programme of the EU. P4PLAY stands for the four dimensions "People", "Place", "Policy" and "Practice" and aims to explore knowledge about children's play and the consequences of a lack of play opportunities in order to develop innovative and creative solutions so that all children can live out their right to Play.
The following two projects are included: - P4PLAY – The evaluation of children’s outdoor play: An instrument of environmental qualities on public playground - P4PLAY – Designing for play combining Universal Design and natural elements in community playspaces P4PLAY – The evaluation of children’s outdoor play: An instrument of environmental qualities on public playground: Playgrounds are considered by children and families with and without disability as important environments (e.g. Lynch et al., 2020). Previous research indicated that playgrounds are frequently built with an adult centred perspective, which do not consider play provision from a child’s perspective (e.g. Burke, 2005). To have the users in mind is especially important when playgrounds need to provide outdoor play opportunities for a diverse population including children with and without disabilities, ages, genders, cultural backgrounds and others. One way to understand play provision on public playgrounds for diverse users is to investigate in environmental qualities of playgrounds. Such an inquirer might give an understanding what playgrounds currently encompasses as well as what might be needed for a good play provision. Moreover, by having the end users of playgrounds in mind an investigation in environmental qualities will allow research and practitioner to identify supporting and hindering environmental qualities in play provision. The overall aim of this research is to develop an evidence-informed instrument that will support the analysis of environmental qualities of public playgrounds, that supports inclusion, and play participation. Secondary aims are to develop a conceptual framework on how the environmental qualities influence outdoor play participation on the public playground from a user perspective in order, first to construct a usable instrument, second to gain consent on test content, and third to determine the cross-regional validity as well as reliability of this instrument. P4PLAY – Designing for play combining Universal Design and natural elements in community playspaces: Outdoor playgrounds are important places for children to play and socially interact with others (Prellwitz & Skär, 2007). However, children with disabilities often face challenges in accessing and using playgrounds (Moore & Lynch, 2015). In order to overcome these challenges, Universal Design has been proposed to design inclusive playgrounds for all children. Despite this recommendation, Universal Design is rarely applied in the design of playgrounds today. Thus, this doctoral project aims to add knowledge from the perspective of children, playground providers and experts in Universal Design to the design of inclusive playgrounds.Further information
- P4Play – europäisches Doktoratsprogramm zur Förderung des kindlichen Spiels
- Spielplatz: Ort der Begegnung für alle?
- Zenodo-Community P4PLAY H2020 Project
Publications
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Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina; Pentland, Duncan; Lynch, Helen,
2023.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
20(3), pp. 1763.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031763
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Morgenthaler, Thomas; Vinçon, Sabine,
2022.
Betätigung im Mittelpunkt : SPIELEN als Chance zur Interdisziplinarität.
In:
3. O’Science Day der Austrian Association of Occupational Science, online, 25. November 2022.
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Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina; Lynch, Helen; Pentland, Duncan,
2022.
In:
18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7081341
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Wenger, Ines; Prellwitz, Maria; Schulze, Christina,
2022.
Start the inclusive playground r-evolution : identifying aspects to promote social inclusion.
In:
18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Occupational R-Evolution, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.
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Wenger, Ines; Prellwitz, Maria; Schulze, Christina; Lynch, Helen,
2022.
In:
Inaugural World Occupational Science Conference (WOSC), Vancouver, Canada, 18-20 August 2022.
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2022.
Playgrounds for all! : the centrality of the social environment in playground design.
In:
18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Occupational R-Evolution, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.
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Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina,
2022.
Spiel, Spass und Spannung am Spielplatz : welche Rolle spielt die Umwelt?.
In:
6. Winterthurer Ergo-Gipfel, online, 5. März 2022.
Available from: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/gesundheit/institute-zentren/ier/symposien-tagungen/abstracts-basislagerreferate-6-winterthurer-ergo-gipfel.pdf
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Wenger, Ines; Prellwitz, Maria; Lundström, Ulrica; Lynch, Helen; Schulze, Christina,
2022.
Designing inclusive playgrounds in Switzerland : why is it so complex?.
Children's Geographies.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2022.2077093
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Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina; Jackson, Jeanne; Kantartzis, Sarah; Lynch, Helen,
2022.
In:
Inaugural World Occupational Science Conference (WOSC), Vancouver, Canada, 18-20 August 2022.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7081405
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Wenger, Ines; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina,
2021.
If I could build... : empowering the voices of children with disabilities in playground planning [poster].
In:
3rd Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research, Zurich, 23-24 November 2021.
Zenodo.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733919
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Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina; Lundström, Ulrica; Prellwitz, Maria,
2021.
Can we play together? : inclusive playgrounds as an example to enhance resilience in public spaces.
In:
2nd COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, Prague, Czech Republic (online), 15-18 September 2021.
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Wenger, Ines; Schulze, Christina; Lundström, Ulrica; Prellwitz, Maria,
2021.
Children's perceptions of playing on inclusive playgrounds : a qualitative study.
Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
28(2), pp. 136-146.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2020.1810768
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Loudoun, Fiona; Wenger, Ines; Boyle, Brian; Larsson-Lund, Maria; Prellwitz, Maria; Lynch, Helen; Schulze, Christina,
2021.
In:
Play 2021 : A conference on children, play and space, Brimingham, 7-8 July 2021.
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Morgenthaler, Thomas; Bergin, Michelle; Schulze, Christina; Prellwitz, Maria; Lynch, Helen; Boyle, Bryan; Lilija, Magareta; Pentland, Duncan,
2021.
In:
Play 2021 : A conference on children, play and space, Brimingham, 7-8 July 2021.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159332