Excellence of Play

2. ed
ISBN: 978-0-335-19068-3
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Anyone who has observed play for any length of time wil recognize that, for young children, play is a tool for learning. Professionals who understand, acknowledge, and appreciate this can, through provision, interaction and intervention in children's play, ensure progression, differentiation and relevance in the curriculum.

"The Excellence of Play" gathers together authoritative contributors to provide a wide-ranging and key source text reflecting both up-to-date research and current classroom practice. It tackles how we conceptualize play, how we 'place' it in the classroom, how we relate it to the curriculum, and how we evaluate its role in learning in the early years. It should stimulate and inform debate through its argument that 'a curriculum which sanctions and utilizes play is more likely to provide well-balanced citizens of the future as well as happier children in the present'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moyles, Janet

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The culture of play and childhood
Play and the Uses of Play
Play in Different Cultures and Different Childhoods
Sex Differentiated Play Experiences and Childrens Choices
Play, the Playground and the Culture of Childhood
Part 2 Play, schooling and responsibilities
Play and Legislated Curriculum
Play is Ace!
Fantasy Play - A Case for Adult Intervention
Making Play Work in the Classroom
Part 3 Play and the early years curriculum
Play, Literacy and the Role of the Teacher
Experiential Learning in Play and Art
Bulbs, Buzzers and Batteries - Play and Science
Mathematics and Play
Part 4 Assessing and evaluating play
Evaluating and Improving the Quality of Play
Observing Play in Early Childhood
Play, the Universe and Everything

Über Autor(innen)

Moyles, Janet
Janet Moyles is Emeritus Professor of Education at Anglia Ruskin University and an early years/primary specialist and consultant, particularly in the areas of play, learning and practitioner research. Her books include Just Playing?, The Excellence of Play, Interactive Teaching in the Primary School; Images of Violence and Effective Leadership and Management in the Early Years.