00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611900020 Buklod 20160119165627.0 a r |||| u| ta 160119s2013 xx d r |||| u| 9781849201162 (iLib)UPD-00254206312 DLC DCHE rda eng DMLUC LB 1139.35 P55 W66 2013 Wood, Elizabeth author. Play, learning and the early childhood curriculum Elizabeth Wood. Third edition. Los Angeles, California Sage Publications 2013. xiv, 192 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Previous ed. by Elizabeth Wood and Jane Attfield: London: Paul Chapman, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188) and indexes. Machine generated contents note: 1.Understanding Play: Complexity and Challenge -- The Ideological Tradition -- The Purposes of Play -- Defining Play -- Children's Definitions -- The Status of Play -- Rhetoric and Reality -- Contemporary Forms of Play -- Lifelong Playing and Learning -- Linking Play in Childhood and Adulthood -- Summary -- Further Reading -- 2.Understanding Children's Learning: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives -- Why Do Children Play? -- What Are the Main Forms of Play in Early Childhood? -- Piagetian Perspectives on Play, Learning and Development -- Dramatic and Socio-Dramatic Play -- Constructive Play -- Rough-and-Tumble and Superhero Play -- The Variability of Play -- The Problems with Play -- Summary -- Further Reading -- 3.Play in National Policies: International Perspectives -- Play and National Curriculum Policies -- Play in the Early Years Foundation Stage (England) -- Play, Quality and Effectiveness Discourses -- Play and Progression -- EYFS to Key Stage 1 (Birth to Seven) --Slipper? -- Curriculum Models -- Summary -- Further Reading -- 4.Play and the Curriculum -- Defining Curriculum -- Integrated Curriculum and Pedagogical Approaches -- Processes that Link Playing, Learning and Teaching -- Play as an Integrating Process -- The Playing-Learning Environment -- The Concept of Affordance -- The Concept of Scaffolding -- Playing with Literacy -- Playing with Numeracy -- Planning for Progression and Continuity -- Further Reading -- 5.Play and Pedagogy -- Linking Play and Pedagogy: Dilemmas and Challenges -- Play as Pedagogy in the EYFS -- Practitioners' Roles in Play: Pedagogical Framing and Strategies -- So Can We Define a Pedagogy of Play? -- Further Reading -- 6.Play and Learning in Outdoor Environments -- The Principles of Playing and Learning in Outdoor Environments -- The Concept of Affordance in Progression and Continuity -- Planning for Inclusion, Access and Diversity -- Progression and Continuity -- Further Reading -- 7.Assessing Children's Learning in Play -- The Principles and Purposes of Assessment -- Forms of Assessment -- The Assessment Process -- Individual Development and Play Plans -- Assessing Socio-Dramatic Play -- Developing Individual Play Plans 8.Developing Play -- Knowledge Bases for Teaching and Learning -- Learning to Play: Em's Story -- Plan-Do-Review : Amanda's Story -- Creativity in a Nursery Class: Cathie's Story -- Developing a Playful School -- Funds of Knowledge -- Play Memories -- Improving the Quality of Provision for Play -- Future Directions -- Further Reading. "The third edition of this popular book reflects contemporary research as well as thinking about the role and value of play in learning and development, within and beyond early childhood. The author explores recent developments across international contexts which endorse play, and argues for critical engagement with some aspects of policy discourse in how 'educational play' is constructed. This accessible book also reviews contemporary theoretical The new edition includes coverage of: play in education policies--UK and international perspectives; working with parents; social and cultural diversity; children with special educational needs and disabilities; outdoor play. Each chapter includes case studies provided by practitioners, along with questions and tasks to promote critical engagement and reflection on key issues and debates. This book is for students on childhood studies courses and those on initial teacher education and masters programmes in early childhood and primary education. Experienced practitioners on CPD courses will also find it useful"--Page 4 of cover. Understanding play : complexity and challenge -- Understanding children's learning : contemporary theoretical perspectives -- Play in national policies : international perspectives --Play and the curriculum -- Play and pedagogy -- Plan and learning in outdoor environments -- Assessing children's learning in play -- Developing play. Play. Learning. Early childhood education Curricula. FO Monograph UPD DCHE LB 1139.35 P55 W66 2013 UPD DEDUC LB 1139.35 P55 W66 2013 Book