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The Play Cycle Observation Method: A Pilot Study
International Journal of Playwork Practice, Volume: 1, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author:
Peter King
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DOI (Published version): 10.25035/ijpp.01.01.02
Abstract
A pilot study was undertaken on recording children's Play Cycles using a new observational tool: The Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM). Using a single four-minute video, five participants mapped the Play Cycles of a boy (aged 5–6 years) and a girl (aged 9–10 years) and recorded quantitative...
| Published in: | International Journal of Playwork Practice |
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| ISSN: | 2689-9124 |
| Published: |
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54569 |
| Abstract: |
A pilot study was undertaken on recording children's Play Cycles using a new observational tool: The Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM). Using a single four-minute video, five participants mapped the Play Cycles of a boy (aged 5–6 years) and a girl (aged 9–10 years) and recorded quantitative data in relation to: recording the play cues prior to and then within established Play Cycles; the number of Play Cycles; and how long each Play Cycle lasted |
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| Keywords: |
play cycle; Play Cycle Observation Method; play; playwork |
| Issue: |
1 |

