Just playing? : The role and status of play in early childhood education /
By: Moyles, Janet R
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Publisher: Milton Keynes : Open University Press, 1989Description: xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0335095690; 9780335095643:; 9780335095698; 033509564X (pbk.); 9780335095643 (pbk.).Subject(s): Play![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part one -- 1 : unravelling the 'mystery' of play -- 2 : play and learning -- Part two -- 3 : play through and with language -- 4 : solving problems through play -- 5 : play and creativity -- Part three -- 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 -- 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.