International Journal of Play, Volume 12, Issue 3 (2023)

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International Journal of Play, Volume 12, Issue 3 (2023)

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Introduction

Introduction
Playful introduction 12.3
Anna Beresin
Pages: 283-284
Published online: 24 Jul 2023
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Play space in plain sight: the disruptive alliances between street trees and skateboarders
Duncan McDuie-Ra
Pages: 285-303
Published online: 08 Aug 2023
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An exploration of outdoor play and wellbeing in Northern Irish primary schools
Catherine Latimer, Karen Winter & Katrina Lloyd
Pages: 304-320
Published online: 23 Aug 2023
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‘I don’t think that it’s play. Because we have to play’. Norwegian six-year-old children’s understandings of play when they start in primary school
Maja Reinåmo Olsson
Pages: 321-336
Published online: 23 Aug 2023
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The seriousness of play: Johan Huizinga’s Homo Ludens and the demise of the play-element
Jonathan Stelzer
Pages: 337-348
Published online: 27 Nov 2022
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An ecological perspective on children’s play with digital technologies in South Africa and the United Kingdom
Fiona Scott, J. Marsh, K. Murris, D. Ng’ambi, B. S. Thomsen, C. Bannister, J. Bishop, K. Dixon, T. Giorza, A. Hetherington, C. Lawrence, B. Nutbrown, B. Parry, J. Peers & E. Scholey
Pages: 349-374
Published online: 23 Aug 2023
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The wonder of play
Jesper Falck Legaard
Pages: 375-386
Published online: 23 Aug 2023
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The influence of pretend ‘technologies’ on children’s cognitive development in symbolic play
Annabelle Black Delfin & Wenjie Wang
Pages: 387-402
Published online: 16 Aug 2023
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Pretend play predicts language development in young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Andrey Vyshedskiy & Edward Khokhlovich
Pages: 403-419
Published online: 24 Jul 2023
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In Remembrance

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Bob Hughes: Playworker 21st July 1944 – 15th November 2022
Penny Wilson
Pages: 420-441
Published online: 10 Aug 2023
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Books worth (re)reading

Books worth (re)reading
Elizabeth Tucker
Pages: 442-443
Published online: 24 Jul 2023
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