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I have literally had people shouting out me because of not having had a History of Play Theory Course running for such a time. Soooo, I’ve decided to make an online version of parts one, two, and three available in November this year.
Each part requires a minimum number of participants to make it work so there is an ‘interest form’ [here] for you to fill in if you fancy having a go.
Why should you do these
Professionals have a habit of sticking to their lane – through our training, the books we read, courses we go on, etc. we tend to concentrate on perspectives from within our discipline. In the context of play theory this presents a problem because there are SO MANY more interesting and useful perspectives out there that we don’t usually dip into.
These courses aim to break that habit. And trust me, you will find something to amaze you in every one of these different viewpoints.
The courses
There are six parts to the whole series of ‘A History of Play Theory’ with three being made available as live online session this November.
You can take as many or as few of the various parts as you wish and in any order (although it is suggested to do part one first as that gives some context to the whole program).
Each part looks at past and present theories of play of five academic and scientific disciplines grouped into linked categories. The three available in 2026 are:
This course looks at the past and present perspectives on play from:
How do they work
Starting in November (and possibly running into early December) each course will hold six live evening sessions of 2 hours each. The sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for seven days after the live session).
All three parts will be delivered on different days each week so that people choosing to do more than one can attend (we already have people interested in doing at least two of the courses together).
The cost will be around $360 plus a small booking fee for each course. If you choose two of the courses you will receive a 10% discount, and for all three a 20% discount.
Please note, people will not be invited to pay for their chosen courses until the minimum numbers have been reached. If the numbers are not reached, the courses will not go ahead.
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So, do you fancy one or more of these?
Each course will introduce you to whole new set of names to check out and new books and papers to read. You want to build your theory base, you little theory- nerd, you … then try one of these courses.
Interest form [here]
