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Author King, Pete

Title The Play Cycle : Theory, Research and Application
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (151 pages)
Series Advances in Playwork Research Ser
Advances in Playwork Research Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Pre 'Colorado Paper' -- Influences behind the 'Colorado Paper' -- The four components and six elements of the Play Cycle -- Post 'Colorado Paper' -- Research-based practice for playwork: incorporating evidence-based practice and value-based practice -- Hierarchy of research -- Evidence from expert opinion -- Evidence from qualitative and quantitative studies -- Evidence from reviewing the literature -- What does this book offer? -- 1 A review of the Play Cycle -- Introduction -- A (very) brief overview of the 'Colorado Paper' -- Playwork and playworkers -- The six elements of the Play Cycle -- Metalude -- Play cues and play returns -- Play frames -- Loop and flow -- Annihilation -- How the Play Cycle is represented in published texts -- The adult role in the Play Cycle -- Conclusion -- 2 Playworker's understanding of the Play Cycle -- Introduction -- Research design -- The online survey -- main findings -- Playwork demographics -- Playworkers' understanding of the Play Cycle -- Overview of the results -- Conclusion -- 3 Beyond the intrinsic -- Introduction -- The pathology less travelled -- The states of play -- The new economics -- The commons and the ludic commons -- Towards a ludic politics -- The art of 'message analysis' -- To depart -- 4 Transactional analysis and the ludic third (TALT): a model of functionally fluent reflective play practice -- The play process and playwork practice -- Reflective practice and playworkers' behavioral choice -- Staying in Adult: the conceptual connections between the TA integrating Adult model of ego states and the functional fluency model -- The play process, the play space, potential space and the ludic third
Levels of adult intervention and responding -- Conclusion and further considerations -- 5 The Play Cycle Observation Method (PCOM) -- Introduction -- Different types of observations -- The PCOM -- Pilot studies for the PCOM -- PCOM application -- How to use the PCOM Record Sheet -- Entering the data -- Play cycle analysis -- Initial play cues -- Established play cycles -- Play cues initiated in established play cycles -- The adult role with established play cycles -- Interpretation -- Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion -- Introduction -- A personal reflective account of the Play Cycle -- Gordon -- The metalude -- The play cue -- The play frame -- The play return -- Annihilation -- Pete -- Bringing everything together -- Over to you -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
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Form Electronic book
Author Sturrock, Gordon
ISBN 9780429836848
0429836848