School Grounds as Sites for Learning: Making the Most of Environmental Opportunities.

Explores the question, What is the role of school grounds as sites for learning? Observation and interview data from five Australian primary schools displayed large differences between schools in the types of play that 8- to 10-year-old children engaged in, particularly play behaviors categorized as involving environmental cognition. Explores the relative importance of the school ground environment. (Contains 30 references.) (Author/NB)