Parents and Playgroups

A Study by the Pre-school Playgroups Association

Pre-school Playgroups Association, Lady Plowden

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English

Routledge
21 November 2022

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy; Pre-school & kindergarten

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Early Years

"Originally published in 1981 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the birth of the Pre-school Playgroups Association, Parents and Playgroups brings together three wide-ranging reports which examine the role of the playgroup movement, its underlying philosophy and the contribution made by both playgroups and Mother and Toddler groups to the lives of thousands of mothers and children throughout Britain at the time.

Formed following a letter to the Guardian in 1961, the PPA together with its sister organization the Scottish PPA had a membership of approaching 16,000 playgroups, serving nearly half a million children. Yet there had been very little research into the workings of the movement until 1975, when Barclays Bank funded a major research project which resulted in the three reports Parental Involvement in Playgroups, Mother and Toddler Groups and Patterns of Oversight published in this volume.

The many questions explored and debated include:

How should the playgroup movement develop in the 1980s and after?

What do parents contribute to playgroups – and what do playgroups and Mother and Toddler groups offer in return?

Should Social Service Departments take over the running of playgroups and Mother and Toddler groups? Do local authorities give playgroups enough support? Or does statutory ‘oversight’ inhibit flexibility and imaginative development?

Are playgroups and Mother and Toddler groups too middle-class oriented – and do they work equally well in different kinds of neighbourhood?

How do playgroups compare with nursery schools?

As Lady Plowden writes in her Foreword, ‘the three studies will serve as an introduction to the developed thinking of the association, and point to further areas of research. They describe something increasingly vital in our present society, which is so often rootless and purposeless, as the group studying parental involvement says ""one of the greatest strengths of the playgroup movement is that overall it is a positive force in a largely negative society.""’

In the words of Max Patterson, President of the Scottish PPA: ‘This is a valuable set of studies… There is a challenge in the material to those with power to effect change. The experience and hard-earned knowledge of the Playgroups Association raises important questions for all whose interest is family and pre-school child.’"

By: Pre-school Playgroups Association
Foreword by: Lady Plowden
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 698g
ISBN: 9781032343761
ISBN 10: 1032343761
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Early Years
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 21 November 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pre-school Playgroups Association (now Pre-school Learning Alliance trading as Early Years Alliance)