KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Junk Food, Plat
26 Mar 2016
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Movement in canada to increase free plat to 1. Play is structured as leisure, sport and instrumental to health through policy frameworks. Emphasis on organized sport and health, which does not account for pleasurable aspects to play as well as child and youth perspectives of play and activity. Drive for health, productivity and personal responsibility. Important to explore and gain insights into perspectives and experiences of youth participants which are often neglected in broader policy-based initiatives. How children construct and negotiate play experiences in their daily lives. How children play and want to play. What kinds of experiences are culturally constructed through play. How children understand pleasure with respect to play. What has been regarded as valuable for children with respect to play. Basically kids wanted to have fun while playing. However play is used as a means to an end in society, used to achieve something, but this is not the way the kids want it.
