Children’s Garden Design: Young Children’s Perspectives on the Affordances of Outdoor Spaces

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Children’s Garden Design: Young Children’s Perspectives on the Affordances of Outdoor Spaces

This qualitative case study of an early years setting sought young children’s perspectives on what is compelling in natural outdoor play spaces and on the affordances of the elements in the space. Five themes emerged from the interpretive analysis: creative affordances; active affordances; multisens...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beasley, Kimberley Dolina
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2015
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/599

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