Toward More Joyful Learning: Integrating Play into Frameworks of Middle Grades Teaching

Autor/in	Conklin, Hilary G.
Titel	Toward More Joyful Learning: Integrating Play into Frameworks of Middle Grades Teaching
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 51 (2014) 6, S.1227-1255 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831214549451
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Middle School Teachers; Middle School Students; Teaching Methods; Play; Social Studies; Student Motivation; Student Development; Context Effect; Adolescent Development; Imagination; Creativity; Role Playing; Class Activities; Independent Study; Humor; Classroom Environment; Interviews; Student Surveys; Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Spiel; Gemeinschaftskunde; Schulische Motivation; Kreativität; Rollenspiel; Selbststudium; Humoristische Darstellung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerbefragung; Beobachtung
Abstract	Recent efforts to define qualities of effective teaching practice have done little to capture the role of play, imagination, and creativity in classroom teaching. Drawing on theories of play and data from a two-year case study that included classroom observations, interviews, artifact collection, and surveys, the author examines the ways in which elements of play were present across the practice of eight novice middle grades teachers. Building on examples of play in these classrooms, the author proposes adding the dimension of play to frameworks of middle grades teaching--a dimension that encompasses young adolescents' engagement in classroom work that involves choice and self-direction, imaginative creations, and a nonstressed state of interest and joy. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10