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Creative Play Spaces

Creative Play Spaces is a conceptual framework within play space design that systematically integrates flexible, open-ended environments and materials to foster child-driven imagination, improvisation, and experimentation, distinguishing it from structured or purpose-specific play environments.

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Publications

3.3K

Citations

140

Authors

70

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

Parents

Publications

57

Benefits of Nature Contact for Children

Louise Chawla · Journal of Planning Literature · 2015 · 785 citations

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Growing Up in the Inner City

Andrea Faber Taylor, Angela Wiley, Frances E. Kuo et al. · Environment and Behavior · 1998 · 386 citations

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Ideas are Born in Fields of Play: Towards a Theory of Play and Creativity in Organizational Settings

Charalampos Mainemelis, Sarah Ronson · Research in Organizational Behavior · 2006 · 292 citations

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Learning to play, playing to learn

Alice Y. Kolb, David Kolb · Journal of Organizational Change Management · 2010 · 167 citations

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The GOOD IS LIGHT and BAD IS DARK metaphor in feature films

Charles Forceville, Thijs Renckens · Metaphor and the Social World · 2013 · 106 citations · Full text

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Authors

140

  1. LA
    Lorna Arnott

    University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  2. NC
    Natalie Canning

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 50 citations

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    h-index

  3. FM
    Florian Mueller

    RMIT University, Australia

    2 publications · 31 citations

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    h-index

  4. AW
    Angela Wiley

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    1 publications · 386 citations

    1

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  5. LP
    Louisa Penfold

    1 publications · 52 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    815 citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    109 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  5. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  6. University of Strathclyde

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    106 citations

  7. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  8. RMIT University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    106 citations

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Venues

  1. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood

    AJEC · 2 publications · 39 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 102 citations

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  3. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

    EECERJ · 2 publications · 74 citations

    2

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  4. Children Youth and Environments

    CYE · 2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 20 citations

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