Parents and practitioners can worry about boisterous play in the nursery, especially when it involves groups of boys rushing around outside apparently playing about rather than engaging in 'structured play' that is commonly perceived to lead to learning. But staff at Fortune Park Early Years Centre in Islington, London have looked into this common experience, with thought-provoking results.
Action research
Under-fives education worker Valerie Driscoll has based action research, for an Early Childhood Studies degree at London Metropolitan University, on her observations at Fortune Park of how children of three or four often choose to play in same sex groups, especially in the garden.
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