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Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum Elizabeth Ann Wood

Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum By Elizabeth Ann Wood

Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum by Elizabeth Ann Wood

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Summary

This text explores play, its relationship to learning and how it can be integrated into the early childhood curriculum. It discusses research from the UK, USA and Europe, and suggests practical strategies for improving the quality of play through structuring play environments and experiences.

Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum Summary

Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum by Elizabeth Ann Wood

This book provides a detailed exploration of play, its relationship to learning, and how it can be integrated into the early childhood curriculum. The authors discuss recent theoretical perspectives and insights from research in the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe. They suggest practical strategies for improving the quality of play through structuring play environments and experiences, and developing the teacher's role.

Integrating perspectives from theory, research and practice, this book will be relevant to early childhood educators and students in school and pre-school settings.

About Elizabeth Ann Wood

Elizabeth Wood is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield. She teaches on a range of post-graduate programmes and runs in-service courses for teachers and early years practitioners. She has worked on a number of collaborative research projects with teachers in early years and primary schools. Elizabeth co-directed two ESRC funded research projects with Neville Bennett: Reception Teachers' Theories of Play (1995-97) and Progression and Continuity in the Early Years (1999-2000). She has authored books and articles based on her research interests in play, young children's learning, early childhood pedagogy, equity and equality, policy critique and collaborative action research.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Problems with Play Ideologies, Ideals and Ideas Understanding Children's Learning Multi-Theoretical Perspectives Vygotskian Perspectives on Learning Understanding and Developing Play The Role of the Educator in Children's Play Assessing Children's Learning in Play Improving the Quality of Play

Additional information

GOR001304336
9781853962523
185396252X
Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum by Elizabeth Ann Wood
Elizabeth Ann Wood
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Ltd
19960528
192
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