{"id":1420,"date":"2026-08-30T22:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childrensvoicesconference.csu.domains\/2026\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:53:56","slug":"cvc2026-717","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrensvoicesconference.csu.domains\/2026\/cvc2026-717\/","title":{"rendered":"CVC2026-717 \u2013 A bioecological analysis of children draw playing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cvc-hero alignfull\">\n  <span class=\"cvc-chip\">Presentation \u2013 CVC2026-717<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">A bioecological analysis of children draw playing<\/h1>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"cvc-authors\">\n<p><strong>Lindsay Smith,<\/strong> Charles Sturt University, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kate Freire,<\/strong> Charles Sturt University, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arifa Rahman,<\/strong> Charles Sturt University, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Stenson, <\/strong>Charles Sturt University, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Verdon, <\/strong>Charles Sturt University, Australia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"CVC2026-717 A bioecological analysis of children draw playing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHcGpOEcWew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Background: <\/strong>Children freely expressing their views through innovative research supports the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 13. Children\u2019s perceptions of play were captured through the Children Draw Playing project by the Children\u2019s Voice Centre at Charles Sturt University, Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aim: <\/strong>Using Bronfenbrenner\u2019s Bioecological Theory of Human Development and the Person\u2013Process\u2013Context\u2013Time (PPCT) model, the project explored how children represent themselves engaged in play through drawings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method\/approach:<\/strong> One-hundred-and-eighty-four children (3\u20138 yrs) from global contexts submitted a drawing in the Children Draw Playing Global Online Gallery. Content analysis revealed how children\u2019s play experiences reflected developmental processes through personal characteristics, social interactions, environmental contexts, and cultural influences. An interdisciplinary research team coded children\u2019s drawings across four domains of PPCT. This guided researchers to interpret the drawings as indicators of how children\u2019s development relates to play and its surrounding social and environmental conditions. The research received ethics approval from CSU HREC (approval number H23498).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results\/findings: <\/strong>Children\u2019s drawings, analysed across the four PPCT domains, revealed characteristics expressed through play, including emotions such as happiness; the people and relationships involved in play experiences; the contexts in which play occurred, such as the use of playground equipment; and time-based perspectives evident in play, including engagement in traditional games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion: <\/strong>Children\u2019s drawings highlight play as enjoyable, relational, and contextualised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Implications for children and families: <\/strong>Understanding the impact and importance of play on children\u2019s development can help you embed play as a health-promoting activity within everyday family life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Implications for practitioners:<\/strong> Children\u2019s play is contextual, relational, and personal. Developing an understanding of children\u2019s holistic development through their play can help you more effectively nurture and support their learning and development through play-based experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> This research was supported by Charles Sturt University\u2019s Children\u2019s Voices Centre<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> bioecology, children&#x27;s voices, child development, play, PPCT model<\/p>\n<p><strong>This presentation relates to the following <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\"><strong>United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"cvc-sdgs\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\/goal3\">SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsay Smith, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Kate Freire, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Arifa Rahman, Charles Sturt University, Australia; 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