Publications
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| Play at School Report on a Playlink project with three primary schools. Raises general points about organisational change. |
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| Learning to Grow: no simple formulas A joint Colchester Women's Aid/Common Knowledge paper on how one organisation set about changing itself |
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| Independence of Mind: the Relationship of Councillors and Officers to Outside Bodies. A Common Knowledge paper |
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| Measure or Value: exploring outcomes from play provision 1998 Playlink/Portsmouth City conference papers on outcomes from play. Includes interesting contributions from Andrew Graham, Acting Master and Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford; Francois Matarasso, Principal of Comedia and a case study from the Play at School project. Hard copy from Playlink. £5.00 including P&P A Playlink paper |
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| Organisational Orthodoxy and the Individual Talent A Common Knowledge paper “A 'perfect' organisation would be entirely impersonal … it would duplicate accepted practice relentlessly … certain in an uncertain world … it would fail”. |
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| The Limitations of Management Training for Trustees A Common Knowledge paper arguing that training trustees is of some, but limited, utility. |
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| Guidance on integrating Cultural and Community Strategies Common Knowledge response to consultation produced for DCMS local government team |
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| Play as Culture Incorporating Play in Cultural Strategies. Although Government has moved away from requiring authorities to develop a Cultural Strategy, this Playlink publication remains relevant for its analysis of the misconceptions held about play, about how play is a form of culture, and general points about policy development. Hard copy from Playlink. £5.00 including P&P |
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| Promoting Positive Outcomes, May 2003 A Playlink report on the impact of OFSTED registration on play and open access provision. Worth looking at for its analysis on how children's play opportunities can be constrained when OFSTED inspectors with limited or no understanding of play inspect provision run by providers unable or too timid to articulate an understanding about play and the objectives of play provision. |
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| Reared in Captivity: restoring the freedom to play Papers of the 1999 joint Playlink/Portsmouth conference. Includes interesting contributions from Dr Frank Furudi on 'Why are we afraid for our children?' and Kate Moorcock, principal research co-ordinator for Families for Freedom on 'Don't blame the parents: the origins of child related fears'. Hard copy from Playlink. £5.00 including P&P |
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