Dr Pete King has a background as a professional play worker and a PhD in Childhood Studies. He currently teaches modules on children’s rights, perspectives on play and therapeutic work with children on a range of courses at Swansea University. His research focuses on Play Theory and Practice, Researching Childhood and Perspectives on Play.
Dr King is interested in re-establishing early years practitioners as play professionals and the factors influencing children’s perceptions of choice within their free play activity.
NEW!! There are now free animated videos of the Play Cycle and PCOM. Available in English, Welsh, Arabic, and Cantonese at the following link Dr Pete King – YouTube
Pete King’s publications: swansea.ac.uk/staff/human-and-health-sciences/allstaff/p.f.king/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Dr_Pete_King
Dr Shelly Newstead:commonthreads.org.uk/playwork-theory.html
Twitter: twitter.com/shelnews
Pete King (Editor) and Shelly Newstead (Editor) Researching Play from a Playwork Perspective (Advances in Playwork Research) (2019)amazon.co.uk/Researching-Playwork-Perspective-Advances-Research/dp/0367178621/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1540904509&sr=8-1
