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Rethinking Play as Pedagogy

Rethinking Play as Pedagogy

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Series: Thinking about Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education

General Education

ISBN10: 1138319228
ISBN13: 9781138319226
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 14 2019
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The conceptualisation and practice of play is considered core to early childhood pedagogy. In this essential text, contributors from a range of countries and cultures explore how play might be defined, encouraged and interpreted in early childhood settings and practice.

Rethinking Play as Pedagogy provides a fresh perspective of play as a purposeful pedagogy offering multi-layered opportunities for learning and development. Written to provoke group discussion and extend thinking, opportunities for international comparison, points for reflection and editorial provocations, this volume will help students engage critically with a variety of understandings of play, and diverse approaches to harnessing children's natural propensity to play. Considering the role of the learning environment, the practitioner, the wider community, and policy, chapters are divided into four key sections which reflect major influences on practice and pedagogy:

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