Varied perspectives on play and learning : theory and research on early years education

This book brings together an international group of researchers reporting on their work about play and early childhood education across 13 countries - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Germany, Hong Kong, United States of America, India, The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore, China and Australia. It co...

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Other Authors Lillemyr, Ole Fredrik (Editor), Dockett, Sue (Editor), Perry, Bob (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2013]
Subjects
Play > Cross-cultural studies.
Play > Psychological aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Early childhood education > Cross-cultural studies.
Child development > Cross-cultural studies.
Social skills in children > Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Education > Schools > Levels > Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
Pre-school and kindergarten.
Early childhood care and education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806613304
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-417-7
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 235 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Varied perspectives on play and learning: Theory and research on early years education
  • Chapter 1. Play and learning in early years education: International perspectives / Sue Dockett, Ole Fredrik Lillemyr, and Bob Perry
  • Chapter 2. Winnie-the-pooh sat in a tree, or did he? A contemporary notion of early childhood education beyond teaching and free play / Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson and Niklas Pramling
  • Chapter 3. Perspectives on play and learning, and their relation to motivation / Ole Fredrik Lillemyr
  • Chapter 4. Play as the main road in children's transition to school / Stig Broström
  • Chapter 5. Next time we can be penguins: Expanding the concept of learning play to support learning and teaching about sustainability in early childhood education / Susan Edwards and Amy Cutter-Mackenzie
  • Chapter 6. I think i can: Acknowledging and promoting agency during educator-infant play / Sheila Degotardi
  • Chapter 7. Towards a child-oriented perspective in toddler play / Ingrid Engdahl
  • Chapter 8. Values at stake in interplay between toddlers and teachers / Kristin Fugelsnes, Monika Röthle, and Eva Johansson
  • Chapter 9. The educational importance of differentiating exploration of object from play with objects in childhood / Anthony D. Pellegrini
  • Chapter 10. Learning risk management through play / Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter
  • Chapter 11. The pedagogization of play in early childhood education: A bernsteinian perspective / Sue Rogers
  • Chapter 12. Making room for diverse cultural expressions of play in the retheorization of play activities / Marilyn Fleer
  • Chapter 13. Serious learners or serious players? Revisiting the concept of learning through play in hong kong and German classrooms / Doris Cheng Pui-wah and Wu Shu-Chen
  • Chapter 14. Play: Early childhood pedagogies and policies in a globalizing asia / Amita Gupta
  • About the contributors.

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