Kathryn(Katie) Dickison

Comparative Film Review The two films that I have chosen to compare are We Were Children by Tim Wolochatiuk and Finding Dawn by Christine Welsh. Although both films focus on different subject matters, it becomes evident that they are directly… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll June 28, 2020                                                 Self-Submission When I first started this tutorial, I wasn’t quite sure what direction I wanted to go in regarding the benefits of outdoor play on children’s development. But when… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll June 26, 2020                                            Reading Reflection 6 Throughout this course, I have learned a lot about the effects of restricting a child’s involvement in risky play. Therefore, I know that in doing so, we… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll June 19, 2020                                            Reading Reflection 5 This review on the Position Statement on Active and Outdoor Play is very beneficial in my research on risky play. The reason being is that it not… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll June 12, 2020                                          Reading Reflection 4 Leif Edward and Ottesen Kennair’s article titled Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic Effects of Thrilling Experiences is an analysis of Ellen Beate… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll June 5, 2020                                               Reading Reflection 3 Dr. Mariana Brussoni begins her podcast by asking her audience to close their eyes and imagine what they loved doing during their free time as a child…. Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll May 29, 2020                                                             Reading Reflection 2 Ellen Beate and Hanson Sandseter conducted a study looking into the characteristics of risky play by observing two different Norwegian preschools with differing playground structures. One… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 392 Nancy van Groll May 22, 2020                                                    Reading Reflection 1 Chapter 1 of Ruth Wilson’s book Nature and Young Children includes many different subtopics surrounding nature play. Those subtopics include children and childhood, creative play, children… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 391 Sally Walters December 2, 2019                                           Self-Submission Going into my second tutorial I wasn’t quite sure as to what I wanted to focus my research on. I knew that I wanted it to surround the subject of… Continue Reading →

Katie Dickison LBST 391 Sally Walters November 21, 2019 Reading Review 5 In researching the topic of parental use of technology and the effects on children’s development the one thing that has become apparent is the lack of research in… Continue Reading →