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Play-Based Learning and the Play Cycle: A Consideration of the Adult Role in the Process of Play
Peter King 
American Journal of Play, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 309 - 324
Swansea University Author:
Peter King
Abstract
The author looks at play-based learning as a concept that supports the holisticdevelopment of children, defining such learning as a continuum of a childdirected, collaborative, and adult-directed play and discussing the role ofadults on this continuum. King introduces into the discussion the theory...
| Published in: | American Journal of Play |
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| Published: |
2025
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| Online Access: |
https://www.museumofplay.org/app/uploads/2025/10/AJP-17-3-Article-2-Play-Circle.pdf |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70655 |
| Abstract: |
The author looks at play-based learning as a concept that supports the holisticdevelopment of children, defining such learning as a continuum of a childdirected, collaborative, and adult-directed play and discussing the role ofadults on this continuum. King introduces into the discussion the theory ofthe play cycle and reviews tensions in play-based learning between policy,practice, and the interpretation of play, using the play cycle and adult rolesin it to focus on the process of play rather than on its outcomes, which alsocontributes to a developing understanding of play-based learning itself. Keywords: adult role in play; play-based learning; play cycle; play cycle observation method; playwork |
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| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
3 |
| Start Page: |
309 |
| End Page: |
324 |