Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Play: rhetoric and reality -- Teacher thought and action: theory and method -- Teachers' theories of play -- Theory into practice -- Changing theories and practice -- Teaching through play: retrospect and prospect -- Appendices.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book is based on the findings of a research project into Reception Teachers' Theories of Play funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. There is strong ideological and theoretical support for a play-bashed curriculum in the early years. But evidence suggests that teachers find this difficult to translate into practice. The educational potential of play is not realized. This study focuses on nine reception class teachers, ranging from novices to experts, in order to discover their theories of play and how these relate to classroom practice. The data reveal new insights into how they strive to incorporate play into the curriculum in contrasting ways and the constraints they encounter in this process.
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Teaching through play.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Early childhood education-- Activity programs.
Play.
Éducation de la première enfance-- Méthodes actives.