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Developing Citizenship Through Supervised Play: The Civics Institute of Ireland Playgrounds, 1933-75
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Direct linkKernan, Margaret – History of Education, 2005
Prompted by a concern regarding the large numbers of unsupervised children playing on the streets of Dublin in the 1920s and 1930s, the Civics Institute of Ireland (referred to subsequently as the Civics Institute) established 10 playgrounds where children aged between four and 14 years could play after school hours and during school holidays.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Playgrounds, Service Learning, Play
