If there is any interest in the actual procedures, Prof. Kayo has a very
elaborate manual available on a home page here:
http://www.kyokyo-u.ac.jp/youkyou/4/english4.htm
and goes deeper into the relationships between the links to psychology and
human development here
http://www.kyokyo-u.ac.jp/youkyou/4/english2.htm
The first page also has a few instructional videos
Lars
On 6/6/06, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What I wondered about is how in the world we could do such activities at
> our
> sites without
> kids throwing mud for fun!!
> mike
>
>
> On 6/6/06, Lars Hennig Rossen <lhrossen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kiyo,
> > this sounds really interesting; what struck me about the activity was
> how
> > so
> > many different aspects of development was compressed into those hand
> fulls
> > of mud do you know if any of his work assessable in English or if there
> > are
> > any public pages that describes his Ninja Project?
> > Lars
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/5/06, Kiyotaka Miyazaki <miyasan@waseda.jp> 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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