THESIS CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE VASTNESS OF PLAY AS A POTENTIAL TO DESCRIBE THOSE WHO DESCRIBE IT
PLAY FOR ITSELF AND A REASON FOR PLAY – A DICHOTOMY
AN EXPLORATION OF THE FORM AND CONTENT OF PLAYWORK’S CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
A SENSE OF PLAYWORK IDENTITY AND THE SITUATION OF THIS INQUIRY
Searching for an epistemological framework
INTRODUCTION
EXPLORING PHILOSOPHIES
PHENOMENOLOGY A FITTING APPROACH
Selecting and creating appropriate methods of inquiry within a Phenomenological approach
INTRODUCTION
AN OVERVIEW OF AVAILABLE PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHODS
AN EVALUATIVE SELECTION OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS
ETHICS – FINDING A WAY IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS INQUIRY
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE – Presentation of data and the beginnings of data analysis
ASPECTS
SECTION TWO – Validating the approach to data presentation and analysis through contextualisation
SECTION THREE – Data analysis
DRAWING THIS INQUIRY TO A CLOSE
INTRODUCING THE FRAME OF REFERENCE
STRUCTURING THIS CHAPTER
RESPONDING TO QUESTION 1
RESPONDING TO QUESTION 2
THE SHARED GROUND OF QUESTIONS 1 AND 2
REFLEXIVELY EVALUATING THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND PERSONAL LIMITS OF THIS INQUIRY
CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SUBJECT AND PROCESS TO THE FIELD OF PLAYWORK
POSSIBILITIES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
WORDS OF CLOSING AND OF OPENING