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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.8.286

Development of Evaluation Checklist of School Play Environment Based on Convention on the Rights of the Child : Focus Group Interview  

Hwang, Ock-Kyeung (Dept. of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, Seoul Theological University)
Kim, Jeong-Wha (Dept. of Child Studies, Mokpo University)
Myung, Jun-Hee (Dept. of Education, Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.8, 2019 , pp. 286-294 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine what children's rights to play are. For this purpose, we extracted the core contents of schools' play environments and we developed a checklist that schools can use to evaluate their own play environments. We reviewed the UN Committee on the Rights of Children and the General Comments No. 17. Through this process, we found 16 core contents that the play environment should have. We conducted focus group interviews with children, parents and teachers, who are principle people involved with school play. The focus group interviews discussed the basic elements of the school play environment. The contents' validity was reviewed by a group of professionals. Based on this, we created an evaluation checklist with 10 major areas of the school play environment. The 10 areas of the school play environment evaluation scale are as follows. The ten areas of the play environment assessment scale for the school environment to ensure children's right to play are sufficient play time, sufficient play space, a child's best interests and the child's participation, nondiscrimination, diversity and freedom, challenge and adventure, safety, school policy, the play has an educating component, and community cooperation.
Keywords
Convention on the Rights of the Child; Play; Play Rights; Primary School; Play Environment Checklist;
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