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- Author: Charles H. Wolfgang
- Publisher:
- ISBN: 9780075303169
- Category : Family & Relationships
- Languages : en
- Pages : 148
Play = Learning
Growing Up With Technology
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- Author: Lydia Plowman
- Publisher: Routledge
- ISBN: 113518853X
- Category : Computers
- Languages : en
- Pages : 188
Growing Up with Technology explores the role of technology in the everyday lives of three- and four-year-old children, presenting the implications for the children’s continuing learning and development. Children are growing up in a world where the internet, mobile phones and other forms of digital interaction are features of daily life. The authors have carefully observed children’s experiences at home and analysed the perspectives of parents, practitioners and the children themselves. This has enabled them to provide a nuanced account of the different ways in which technology can support or inhibit learning. Drawing on evidence from their research, the authors bring a fresh approach to these debates, based on establishing relationships with children, families and educators to get insights into practices, values and attitudes. A number of key questions are considered, including: Which technologies do young children encounter at home and preschool? What kind of learning takes place in these encounters? How can parents and practitioners support this learning? Are some children disadvantaged when it comes to learning with technology? Growing Up with Technology is strongly grounded in a series of research projects, providing new ways of thinking about how children’s learning with technology can be supported. It will be of great interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students on a range of courses including childhood studies, and those with a particular interest in the use of technology in education. Parents, practitioners and researchers will also find this a fascinating and informative read.
Varied Perspectives on Play and Learning
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- Author: Ole Fredrik Lillemyr
- Publisher: IAP
- ISBN: 1623964172
- Category : Social Science
- Languages : en
- Pages : 245
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 contributes to growing international conversations about play and the role of play in early childhood education. Each of the chapters in this anthology reflects different directions in research as well as a range of approaches to reconceptualising play. Each researcher questions assumptions underpinning young children’s play and early childhood education and explores the implications of these questions for further research, practice and policy. Chapters report a wide range of innovative and transformative research, focusing on areas such as the play of infants and toddlers, the role of values in play, the complexity of connections between play and learning, motivation, the role and understandings of early childhood educators in promoting children’s play, risky play and the impact of Westernised approaches to play in different contexts. This book argues for the importance of children’s play at a time when there is a great deal of pressure to increase the academic focus of early education and to eliminate play that could be deemed risky. Several authors note moves towards pedagogies of play and explore the potential links between play and learning in early education settings. The research reported in this book is a timely reminder of the value of play, for and of itself, as well as the learning potential of play. It provides a pathway into the debates about the role and value of play in early years education for students, researchers and policy-makers.
Early Learning through Play
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- Author: Kristin Grabarek
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- ISBN: 1440865833
- Category : Education
- Languages : en
- Pages : 180
This creative guidebook teaches librarians in diverse communities how to develop and implement early learning programming beyond traditional storytimes. While traditional library storytimes are excellent tools for families, equally important is play. Children learn through play in many ways; it stimulates exploration and curiosity and builds gross and fine motor skills that are critical to reading and writing success. Perhaps most importantly, play has the power to cross barriers of culture and language, allowing families from differing backgrounds to learn together. In this book, Kristin Grabarek and Mary R. Lanni—the pioneers of Little University, an early learning program that focuses on play-based learning—share their experiences and provide guidance for implementing similar programs at libraries of various sizes and budgets. They teach readers how to create programs for a diverse group of families, work with outside providers, choose supplies, estimate costs, market your programming, and overcome the challenges of both big and small budgets and many or few patrons. These practical plans will enhance storytimes and even help build a brand-new early learning program.
Play - Learn - Grow! (Using Invitations To Play, Learn and Build New Skills)
Rethinking Play as Pedagogy
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- Author: Sophie Alcock
- Publisher: Thinking About Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education
- ISBN: 9781138319226
- Category : Child development
- Languages : en
- Pages : 0
Preface : entering contested waters / Michael Reed and Alma Fleet -- Playing with digital drawing / Janet Robertson -- Preschool teachers being people alongside young children : the "development" of adults' relational competence in playworlds / Beth Ferholt, Monica Nilsson and Robert. Lecusay -- Playing in and through the musical worlds of children / Margaret S. Barrett -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Sophie Alcock -- Observing and interpreting young children playing : reflecting on feelings / Sophie Alcock -- Growing playful pedagogy : a case study of educational change / Alma Fleet and Melanie Kemenevary -- The role of context within early childhood education in Ireland / Margaret O'Donoghue -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Sophie Alcock -- Recognising and responding to family funds of knowledge / Helen Hedges, Maria Cooper, Tamar Weisz-Koves -- Opening the school gates : facilitating after-school play in school grounds / Marianne Mannello, Mark Connolly, Sandra Dumitrescu, Cheryl Ellis, Chantelle Haughton, Sian Sarwar, Jacky Tyrie -- Pedagogical documentation as "agora" : why it may be viewed as a form of citizenship for children, parents, and communities / Elisabetta Biffi -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Sophie Alcock -- Spinning the kaleidoscope : a conversation around play, learning, policies, and systems / Alma Fleet and Michael Reed -- Influences of macrosystems in children's spaces : regaining the paradigm / Mandy Andrews -- Micro-policies of adult-child joint play in the context of the Finnish ecec system / Anna Paulina Rainio and Maiju Paananen -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Nicola Stobbs -- Coda : thinking forward / Alma Fleet and Michael Reed.
Play, Working Partner of Growth
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- Author: Judy Spitler McKee
- Publisher: Assn for Childhood Education International
- ISBN: 9780871731128
- Category : Education
- Languages : en
- Pages : 87
This volume is a collection of nine papers focusing on different aspects of play. The first section, "Play, Growth, Development, and Learning," contains discussions dealing with make-believe play and learning; an all-in-fun approach to thinking, playing, and language learning for young children; and ways children learn through play. The second section, "Programing for Productive Play," discusses the evaluation of children's play engagements for social-cognitive growth; the role of the teacher in children's play; play materials and activities for children from birth to 10 years of age; and planning and using children's playgrounds. A playground rating scale is included. The third section, "Helping Children with Special Needs through Play," presents articles on the value of play for convalescing children between the ages of 3 and 12 years, and on helping the abused child through play. An extensive bibliography is provided, containing entries in several categories: history, theory and research, education, play materials, special needs children, play therapy, play groups, and games. (RH)
PLAY CREATE GROW INNOVATE
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- Author: Francesca Mastrogiacomi
- Publisher: Freefra.Eu | Creative X Factory di Francesca Mastrogiacomi
- ISBN: 8895293096
- Category : Education
- Languages : en
- Pages : 48
PLAY CREATE GROW INNOVATE® describes an innovative learning design philosophy. This booklet is all about articulating and honing the foundations of this empirical method given the digital landscapes we are immersed in. Examples will be provided as much as practical exercises to reflect on our daily practice as learning designers, educators, and facilitators of change.
Play = Learning
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- Author: Dorothy Singer
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 019804142X
- Category : Psychology
- Languages : en
- Pages : 290
In Play=Learning, top experts in child development and learning contend that in over-emphasizing academic achievement, our culture has forgotten about the importance of play for children's development.
