playforfuture: Brian Sutton-Smith in ‘The Ambiguity of Play’ defines seven rhetorics (myths or ways of seeing play in society). The rhetorics are as follows: Play as progress: This rhetoric focuses on the developmental aspects of play and on the notion that children learn through play. The rhetoric is also linked to studies of animal play. Play […]

playforfuture: Brian Sutton-Smith in ‘The Ambiguity of Play’ defines seven rhetorics (myths or ways of seeing play in society). The rhetorics are as follows: Play as progress: This rhetoric focuses on the developmental aspects of play and on the notion that children learn through play. The rhetoric is also linked to studies of animal play. Play […]