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Understanding the adult role in the Play Cycle—an empirical study
Peter King 
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Shelly Newstead
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Shelly Newstead
Child Care in Practice, Pages: 1 - 12
Swansea University Author:
Peter King
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/13575279.2019.1575187
Abstract
This paper considers the adult role in the Play Cycle from a playworker perspective. An online study of 157 playworkers identified how playworkers were first introduced to the Play Cycle, how the adult role can involve from being a passive onlooker to an active participant and that for most, the Pla...
| Published in: | Child Care in Practice |
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| ISSN: | 1357-5279 1476-489X |
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Informa UK Limited
2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48866 |
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This paper considers the adult role in the Play Cycle from a playworker perspective. An online study of 157 playworkers identified how playworkers were first introduced to the Play Cycle, how the adult role can involve from being a passive onlooker to an active participant and that for most, the Play Cycle has had a positive effect on their practice. |
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| Keywords: |
play cycle, playworkers, playwork, play, adult role |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Start Page: |
1 |
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12 |