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Alternative Models of Learning, Thinking and Teaching

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There is no doubt that pregnant and parenting teenagers face many challenges in completing their secondary education. They are confronted with the demands of transitioning into adulthood just like their peers at school but they also share with older parents the challenges of becoming parents and adjusting to parenthood. This chapter shows the value in creating space to play and transform learning in a complex context for young people.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Oxford [1].

  2. 2.

    Boden et al. [2].

  3. 3.

    Oxford [1].

  4. 4.

    Boden et al. [2].

  5. 5.

    Wightman and Moriarty [3].

  6. 6.

    Delors [4].

  7. 7.

    Mercer [5].

  8. 8.

    Wightman and Moriarty [6].

  9. 9.

    Boulden [7, 8]; Pittaway [9].

  10. 10.

    Delors [4].

  11. 11.

    Mercer [5].

  12. 12.

    Wightman and Moriarty [3, 6].

  13. 13.

    Ross et al. [10].

  14. 14.

    Shine [11].

  15. 15.

    Boulden [7, 8]; Mollborn [12].

  16. 16.

    Boulden [7, 8].

  17. 17.

    Delors [4]; Mercer [5].

  18. 18.

    Wightman and Moriarty [3].

  19. 19.

    Boulden [7, 8].

  20. 20.

    De Vito [13].

  21. 21.

    Malin and Morrow [14].

  22. 22.

    Barnes et al. [15]; De Vito [13].

  23. 23.

    Pittaway [9].

  24. 24.

    Harris and Franklin [16].

  25. 25.

    Whitson et al. [17].

  26. 26.

    Mollborn and Morningstar [18].

  27. 27.

    Delors [4].

  28. 28.

    Ou and Reynolds [19]; Pittaway [9]; Sadler et al. [20].

  29. 29.

    Mercer [5].

  30. 30.

    Crean et al. [21]; Sadler et al. [20].

  31. 31.

    Shoveller et al. [22].

  32. 32.

    Wightman and Moriarty [6].

  33. 33.

    Fletcher and Wolfe [23]; Ross et al. [10].

  34. 34.

    Sadler et al. [20].

  35. 35.

    Boden et al. [2]; Fergusson and Woodward [24]; Shaw et al. [25]; Whitson et al. [17].

  36. 36.

    Boden et al. [2]; Boulden [7]; Fergusson and Woodward [24].

  37. 37.

    Wildsmith et al. [26].

  38. 38.

    Boulden [8]; Shine [27].

  39. 39.

    Delors [4].

  40. 40.

    Mercer [5].

  41. 41.

    Fergusson and Woodward [24].

  42. 42.

    Fletcher and Wolfe [23]; Mollborn [12]; Ross et al. [10].

  43. 43.

    Boden et al. [2]; Malin and Morrow [14]; Ou and Reynolds [19].

  44. 44.

    Whitson et al. [17]; Wildsmith et al. [26].

  45. 45.

    Crean et al. [21]; Sadler et al. [20].

  46. 46.

    Boulden [7, 8]; Harris and Franklin [16]; Ross et al. [10].

  47. 47.

    Oxford [1].

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    Beverley Moriarty & Louise Wightman

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Moriarty, B., Wightman, L. (2016). Alternative Models of Learning, Thinking and Teaching. In: Brabazon, T. (eds) Play: A Theory of Learning and Change. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25549-1_9

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