Anne-Marie Morrissey
Biographic Data
| ID | 9605683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne-Marie Morrissey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne-Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Morrissey |
| SIGNATURE | MORRISSEY A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Not Just a Pretty Garden
High-quality outdoor spaces are crucial for fostering children’s holistic development and wellbeing. This study investigates children’s perspectives on desirable preschool outdoor spaces in a private demonstration preschool in China, highly regarded for its outdoor environment. Using affordance theory and the Mosaic approach, multiple methods—observations, child-led photography tours, map-making, and interviews—were employed to triangulate childr…
Intentionality and the active decision-making process in play-based learning
Play, which is both a context and process for children’s learning, has become a pivotal pedagogical component in global early childhood education. The uptake of intentional teaching has contributed to the shift in understandings of play, from viewing play as a means of recreation and entertainment to a more socio-cultural perspective that advocates for educators’ proactive and engaged roles in play. The recent update of the Early Years Learning F…
Re-Imagining Outdoor Playspaces
This paper presents a series of reflective observations on the use of outdoor spaces in Melbourne, Australia, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. With the closure of playgrounds and organized sports, the authors observed three themes emerging: changes in users and uses of parks and reserves; markers of children's activities in public areas; and, children's creation of huts, dens or "cubbies" as evidence of constructive and imaginative pla…
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Re-Imagining Outdoor Playspaces
This paper presents a series of reflective observations on the use of outdoor spaces in Melbourne, Australia, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. With the closure of playgrounds and organized sports, the authors observed three themes emerging: changes in users and uses of parks and reserves; markers of children's activities in public areas; and, children's creation of huts, dens or "cubbies" as evidence of constructive and imaginative pla…
Intentionality and the active decision-making process in play-based learning
Play, which is both a context and process for children’s learning, has become a pivotal pedagogical component in global early childhood education. The uptake of intentional teaching has contributed to the shift in understandings of play, from viewing play as a means of recreation and entertainment to a more socio-cultural perspective that advocates for educators’ proactive and engaged roles in play. The recent update of the Early Years Learning F…
Not Just a Pretty Garden
High-quality outdoor spaces are crucial for fostering children’s holistic development and wellbeing. This study investigates children’s perspectives on desirable preschool outdoor spaces in a private demonstration preschool in China, highly regarded for its outdoor environment. Using affordance theory and the Mosaic approach, multiple methods—observations, child-led photography tours, map-making, and interviews—were employed to triangulate childr…
Children's Rights and Participation (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Photography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Affordance (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Child Development and Digital Technology (1 work)