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Teaching Through Play: Teachers' Thinking and Classroom Practice

By Elizabeth Wood , Neville Bennett , Sue Rogers

Book information

Year
1997
ISBN
0335197329, 9780335197323, 0335197337, 9780335197330
LCC
LB1139.35.P37 B46 1997
Open Library ID
OL982238M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2393684 bytes)
Pages
162\161
Topic
Psychology Pedagogy
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book is based on the findings of a research project into Reception Teachers' Theories of Play funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. There is strong ideological and theoretical support for a play-based curriculum in the early years. But evidence suggests that teachers find this difficult to translate into practice. The educational potential of play is not realized. This study focuses on nine reception class teachers, ranging from novices to experts, in order to discover their theories of play and how these relate to classroom practice. The data reveal new insights into how they strive to incorporate play into the curriculum in contrasting ways and the constraints they encounter in this process. There is a need to improve the quality of teaching and learning through play. Teaching Through Play makes a valuable contribution to this process.

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