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Just playing? : The role and status of play in early childhood education /

Moyles, Janet R.

Just playing? : The role and status of play in early childhood education / - Milton Keynes : Open University Press, 1989. - xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Acknowledgements -- 1 : unravelling the 'mystery' of play -- 2 : play and learning -- 3 : play through and with language -- 4 : solving problems through play -- 5 : play and creativity -- 6 : play, cirriculum and organization -- 7 : play and progress : observing, recording and assessing the value of play -- 8 : play and the 'different' child -- 9 : play and adult expectations -- 10 : play in childhood and adulthood -- Introduction -- Part one -- Part two -- Part three -- References -- Index.

Focusing on children between 4 and 8 years old, the author examines the principle of play in early childhood education, and indicates how these principles can be put into place.

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Play.
Early childhood education.

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