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The Benefits and Challenges in using a Playwork Approach

Peter King Orcid Logo, Shelly Newstead Orcid Logo

Child Care in Practice, Pages: 1 - 13

Swansea University Author: Peter King Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/13575279.2024.2401564

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The International Playwork Census (IPC) was undertaken to collect data from both playworkers and other professionals who use a playwork approach in their work. One of the aims of the study was to explore how people who use a playwork approach in their work perceive the benefits and challenges of pla...

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Published in: Child Care in Practice
ISSN: 1357-5279 1476-489X
Published: Informa UK Limited 2024
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