Play Across Childhood

Pete King is Senior Lecturer at Swansea University, UK. He has published widely on play and playwork, both nationally and internationally, including Researching Play from a Playwork Perspective and The Play Cycle – Theory, Research and Application. He is currently researching the effects of the COVID-19 in the United Kingdom on playwork.                                               Shelly Newstead is Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia.  She has worked in the playwork field for over 30 years as a practitioner, trainer, author, editor, publisher and researcher. She is the Managing Editor of International Journal of Playwork Practice and the President of the International Council for Children’s Play (ICCP).

• Introduction; Pete King and Shelly Newstead.- Play and Pre-School; Kathoe Brody.- Pre-School Play in South Africa; Taryn Krause.- Play in Head Start Programs: The Underutilized Resource; Janette C. Weitzel.- Play in UK Primary Schools; Karen McInnes.- Play and Education from a Swedish Perspective; Susanne Axelsson.- Play Across Australian Schooling; Brendon Hyndman.- The Process of Play in a Playwork Context; Shelly Newstead and Pete King.- Dangers in the Invisible Playground? Young People and Online Play; Pam Jarvis.- Play in The United States of America: Intergenerational Play; LaDonna Atkins and Anita Glee Bertram.- Conclusion; Pete King and Shelly Newstead.