1st Edition
Playwork Theory into Practice Developing Playwork Practice for Working with Children
By Shelly Newstead
Copyright 2019
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
Playwork began in the adventure playgrounds, and is now a regulated profession in the UK, China, America, Japan, Australia and Europe. Introducing a wealth of empiricial evidence relevant to playwork theories from a wide range of disciplines, this book explores how practitioners can combine theory and practice to develop evidence-based practice. Each chapter takes a different playwork theory, and... Read more
Introduction: the development of theory and practice 1. The Meaning of Research 2. Practitioners as Action Researchers 3. The role of theory in research and practice 4. Loose parts 5. Neophila 6. Affordances 7. Play Types 8. The Play Cycle 9. Play Value 10. Finding Out More
Biography
Shelly Newstead has been a playwork trainer and author for the last twenty years, and has developed a wide range of playwork training courses which have been delivered by over fifty trainers across the UK and in Hong Kong, Australia and The Philippines. She is currently completing a PhD in playwork practice which has also involved working with playwork practitioners on developing evidence-based practice.
