This is Episode 24 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology.

What role does play have in child development? In this episode, our presenter Ginny Smith talks to some top play researchers to find out how children learn new skills and concepts through play, and explores what teachers and parents can do to encourage this kind of learning. Ginny also discovers how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way kids play and learn.

Our guests, in order of appearance, are Professor Marilyn Fleer and Dr Prabhat Rai from Monash University, and Dr Suzanne Egan from the University of Limerick.

Episode credits: Presented and produced by Ginny Smith. Script edits by Matthew Warren. Mixing and editing by Jeff Knowler. PsychCrunch theme music by Catherine Loveday and Jeff Knowler. Art work by Tim Grimshaw.

Background reading for this episode

The website for Fleer's Conceptual PlayWorld contains more information about the model discussed by Marilyn Fleer and Prabhat Rai
Publications and working papers from the Conceptual PlayLab are available here
Here are some of the key findings from the PLEY survey discussed by Suzanne Egan

293: Leah Gotti: The Viral Twitter Thread Exposing The Dark Side Of P*rn

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Intro

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