She will be talking about\u00a0The role of fun in children and young people\u2019s activities and relationships.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n More details about Mimi’s work CLICK HERE (article and videoclip).<\/a><\/p>\n You are invited to REGISTER<\/a> and join PEDAL for a free online lunchtime talk with Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden from the Open University.<\/p>\n “Fun is frequently invoked as a requirement for a good childhood and a necessary (if not sufficient) condition of play \u2013 yet fun is rarely taken seriously by the adult world. In this presentation, Dr Mimi Tatlow-Golden shares a key finding in a mixed methods study with 526 children aged 10-13 years in the greater Dublin region: the centrality of fun. In an exploration of early adolescent self-concept, participants drew, wrote, talked and created Identity Pies about their most salient activities and relationships and the meanings they associated with these. Analyses conclude that, from \u2018fooling around\u2019 to flow, fun is a kaleidoscopic construct through which young people refract key experiences \u2013 and that far from being \u2019just\u2019 fun, it often indicates deep significance in activities and relationships<\/em>.”<\/p>\n Dr Tatlow-Golden will also introduce interdisciplinary, international work currently underway at The Open University\u2019s RUMPUS group for research into fun, with a focus on defining fun and fun in formal, informal and non-formal learning.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning (PEDAL)<\/strong>\u00a0is located in the University of Cambridge\u2019s Faculty of Education, and was launched with funding from the LEGO Foundation. Their mission is to conduct academic research into the role of play in young children\u2019s education, development and learning to inform wider practice and policy. Find out more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n