Second issue of 2015 now out
Journal of Playwork Practice (JPP), published in association with Common Threads, is the first academic journal in the playwork field and provides an international platform for the publication and dissemination of scholarship relevant to playwork practice. The journal is available as a print journal with an online version.
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IN THE CURRENT ISSUE: Volume 2 No 2
Editorial (free to read)
Shelly Newstead
Engaging children in activities beyond the classroom walls: a social–ecological exploration of Australian primary school children’s enjoyment of school play activities
Brendon Hyndman, Barbara Chancellor
The Possible Futures for Playwork project: a thematic analysis
Pete King
Preliminary development of a new method for exploring the acceptability of playwork interventions with children: the Day Reconstruction Method – Child version (DRM-C)
Rebecca Jenkin, Ian Frampton, Mathew White, Sabine Pahl, Niky Dix
Practice: searching and re/searching
Jennifer Cartmel
There’s no full stop after playwork: co-creating space on an adventure playground
John Fitzpatrick, Bridget Handscomb
The efficiency of playwork as a universal service
Ross Podyma
Assessing play sufficiency in Wrexham, Wales
Mike Barclay, Ben Tawil
Early reflections from the Play Works project
Tilean Clarke
Janet Dalglish, MBE (1919–2007)
Ute Navidi
New play opportunities in a Papua New Guinean school
Kym Simoncini, Victoria Carr Sue Elliott, Elisapesi Manson, Lalen Simeon; Joros Sawi