Here we go! The full program for the ONLY standing conference in Australia that is soley about play, playing and playwork. And it's a fantastic line up.
Go check it out [here].
To complete a booking form for tickets head [here].
Tour 25 on the road - Marc Armitage
Marc Armitage is a consultant, researcher and writer in play, playing and playwork. He has been a profesional Playworker for a looooong time and hass been freelance since 1989.
He regularly travels the world speaking to groups of professionals from a broad spectrum of work sectors in the children and young peoples workforce including playworkers, early educators, primary and secondary school teachers, out-of-school people, parks and playground designers, politicians, policy makers and many others.
He also spends a lot of time talking with children. With. That's the key word.
“Play is a thing by itself. The play-concept as such is of a higher order than is seriousness. For seriousness seeks to exclude play, whereas play can very well include seriousness.”
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
If you can think of others that you feel I should be following please let me know.
