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Autor/inn/en | Theobald, Maryanne; Danby, Susan; Einarsdóttir, Jóhanna; Bourne, Jane; Jones, Desley; Ross, Sharon; Knaggs, Helen; Carter-Jones, Claire |
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Titel | Children's Perspectives of Play and Learning for Educational Practice |
Quelle | In: Education Sciences, 5 (2015) 4, S.345-362 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 2227-7102 |
Schlagwörter | Play; Children; Attitude Measures; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Learning Strategies; Early Childhood Education; Video Technology; Workshops; Ethnography; Teacher Researchers; Preschool Teachers; Interpersonal Communication; Student Attitudes; Australia Spiel; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Ethnografie; Lehrerforschung; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Schülerverhalten; Australien |
Abstract | Play as a learning practice increasingly is under challenge as a valued component of early childhood education. Views held in parallel include confirmation of the place of play in early childhood education and, at the same time, a denigration of the role of play in favor for more teacher-structured and formal activities. As a consequence, pedagogical approaches towards play, the curriculum activities that constitute play, and the appropriateness of play in educational settings, have come under scrutiny in recent years. In this context, this study investigates children's perspectives of play and how they understand the role of play and learning in their everyday activities. This article reports on an Australian study where teacher-researchers investigated child-led insights into what counts as play in their everyday classroom activities. Children (aged 3-4 years) described play as an activity that involved their active participation in "doing" something, being with peers, and having agency and ownership of ideas. Children did not always characterize their activities as "play", and not all activities in the preschool program were described as play. The article highlights that play and learning are complex concepts that may be easily dismissed as separate, when rather they are deeply intertwined. The findings of this study generate opportunities for educators and academics to consider what counts as "play" for children, and to prompt further consideration of the role of play as an antidote to adult centric views of play. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |