Play and Adolescence - Developing a Playful Pedagogical Approach for Teenagers Holistic

Play provides us with the autonomy to test our ideas, experience risks and build relationships. In Play and Adolescence, Cole explores how those working with teenagers can incorporate play in the learning environment, demonstrating its contribution to cognitive development, emotional resilience, and social connection.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Play in the teenage years
Chapter 2: Gaining a sense of belonging and identity through play
Chapter 3: Developing playful skills for future success
Chapter 4: The benefits of play for emotional health and wellbeing
Chapter 5: Challenging assumptions of play
Chapter 6: Taking a risk: Physically and mentally
Chapter 7: Never too old to play: Being a role model and advocate of play
Chapter 8: Do we grow out of play or is it taken from us?
Chapter 9: The seriousness of play
Chapter 10: Play in the classroom
Chapter 11: Using play to engage with the wider community
Chapter 12: Using technology to play and prosper
Chapter 13: True play: Understanding the difference of play in and out of the classroom
Chapter 14: Play at breaktimes
Chapter 15: Play after school
Chapter 16: Developing a lifetime commitment to play
Conclusion

About the author

Fey Cole is a Lecturer in Further and Higher Education and a Teaching and Learning Advisor in the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Fey Cole, Fey (South West College Cole
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032912820
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291282-0
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Leadership, Educational psychology, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Relating to adolescence / teenage years, Adult education, continuous learning, Primary & middle schools, Education: care & counselling of students, Primary and middle schools, Counselling and care of students, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, play;adolescents;teenagers;secondary;wellbeing;behaviour