BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR
INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
Combatting a poverty of play: revisiting the global landscape of post-pandemic play and learning

Famed developmental psychologist and English paediatrician Donald Winnicott said, "there is, for many, a poverty of play鈥 (Playing and Reality, 1971). Despite play鈥檚 status in developmental literature as being key to both learning and wellbeing, Winnicott鈥檚 observation has come to characterise the landscape of childhood in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
