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Title
Play across childhood : international perspectives on diverse contexts of play / Pete King, Shelly Newstead, editors.
ISBN
9783030724610 (electronic bk.)
3030724611 (electronic bk.)
9783030724603
3030724603
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-72461-0 doi
Call Number
HQ782
Dewey Decimal Classification
155.418
Summary
This book explores how play is perceived and practiced through the lens of various different professional and international contexts. Childrens experiences of play will vary according to the different institutions and organisations they are involved in across their lifespan during childhood. The chapters cover play from pre-school to adolescence that includes education, playwork and the new developing area of intergenerational play. This wide variety of contexts and cultures raises questions about universal concepts and notions of play. The editors and contributors explore how policy, practice and research can identify both differences and commonalities between the way that play is perceived and experienced by children and adults across different types of provision. Pete King is Senior Lecturer at Swansea University, UK. He has published widely on play and playwork, both nationally and internationally, including Researching Play from a Playwork Perspective and The Play Cycle Theory, Research and Application. He is currently researching the effects of the COVID-19 in the United Kingdom on playwork. Shelly Newstead is Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia. She has worked in the playwork field for over 30 years as a practitioner, trainer, author, editor, publisher and researcher. She is the Managing Editor of International Journal of Playwork Practice and the President of the International Council for Childrens Play (ICCP). .
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Introduction; Pete King and Shelly Newstead
Play and Pre-School; Kathoe Brody
Pre-School Play in South Africa; Taryn Krause
Play in Head Start Programs: The Underutilized Resource; Janette C. Weitzel
Play in UK Primary Schools; Karen McInnes
Play and Education from a Swedish Perspective; Susanne Axelsson
Play Across Australian Schooling; Brendon Hyndman
The Process of Play in a Playwork Context; Shelly Newstead and Pete King
Dangers in the Invisible Playground? Young People and Online Play; Pam Jarvis
Play in The United States of America: Intergenerational Play; LaDonna Atkins and Anita Glee Bertram
Conclusion; Pete King and Shelly Newstead. .
