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The Impact of COVID-19 on Playwork: Five Years On
International Journal of Playwork Practice, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 18
Swansea University Author: Peter King
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DOI (Published version): 10.25035/ijpp.06.01.04
Abstract
In 2020, at the start of the March 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, a study was undertaken with 23 participants exploring the impact this may have on playwork and playwork practice. That project started an 18-month longitudinal study between March 2020 and September 2022. COVID-19 was f...
| Published in: | International Journal of Playwork Practice |
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| ISSN: | 2689-9124 2689-9124 |
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Bowling Green State University
2026
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71830 |
| Abstract: |
In 2020, at the start of the March 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, a study was undertaken with 23 participants exploring the impact this may have on playwork and playwork practice. That project started an 18-month longitudinal study between March 2020 and September 2022. COVID-19 was five years ago, and this final study aimed to explore the current impact on playwork and playwork practice. In total, 8 interviews were undertaken, and the results constructed 4 main themes regarding the continuing effects of COVID-19: 1) Community Engagement, 2) Emotional Regulation, 3) Outdoors, and 4) Health and Safety. The findings are discussed in relation to other play-related studies and considerations of why playwork continues to have a ‘keyworking role’, for example, from a children’s rights perspective. |
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| Keywords: |
Playwork, Covid-19, United Kingdom, 5 Years On |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
1 |
| Start Page: |
1 |
| End Page: |
18 |