Kiyo,
Did Prof. Kayo play a Ninja, himself, in these play activities?
Beth
On Jun 5, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Kiyotaka Miyazaki wrote:
> Lars,
>
> This prof. Kayo is my close friend. Yes, he is famous for this mud
> ball in Japan! And he is our play research expert. He studies play
> by playing himself with children in preschool, which makes him very
> unique in the Japanese developmental psychologists. He is studying
> imaginative, or pretend play in particular, and writing monograph
> (in Japanese) about one year extending Ninja play activities. It's
> quite nice.
> I forwarded your mail to him. If necessary, I will tell you his
> email address.
>
> Kiyo Miyazaki
> Waseda University, Japan.
>
> On 2006/06/06, at 3:17, Lars Hennig Rossen wrote:
>
>> XMCA'ers
>> here is an odd and interesting piece on developmental psychology,
>> culture
>> and mud balls (!)
>>
>> "In the field of developmental psychology up to now, play that
>> developed
>> children's imagination and creativity, such as role playing and
>> drawing, was
>> deemed important. But Professor Kayo is searching for whether
>> developmental
>> psychology has overlooked something very important: the
>> experimentation
>> children undertake in everyday activities like eating, getting
>> dressed, and
>> sleeping. He feels that making shiny mud balls is a good way of
>> searching
>> for the essence of children's play. Kayo believes that the answers
>> lie
>> within the hearts of children, and he continues to visit the
>> preschool once
>> a week".
>>
>> http://web-japan.org/trends01/article/011005sci_r.html
>>
>> Lars
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