Play and learning in the early years : from research to practice /
Contributor(s): Broadhead, Pat [editor] | Howard, Justine [editor] | Wood, Elizabeth [editor].
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010Description: xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781849200066; 9781849200066:; 1849200068; 9781849200059; 184920005X; 9781282624016; 1282624016; 9780857027030; 0857027034.Subject(s): Early childhood education -- Great Britain | Early childhood education | Child psychology![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Developing integrated pedagogical approaches to play and learning / Elizabeth Wood -- Learning to play in a cultural context / Liz Brooker -- Cooperative play and learning from nursery to year one / Pat Broadhead -- 'Born to play' : the biocultural roots of rough and tumble play, and its impact upon young children's learning and development / Pan Jarvis -- Playing on the edge : perceptions of risk and danger in outdoor play / Helen Tovey -- Identity and young children's drawings : power, agency, control and transformation / Emese Hall -- Supporting a playful approach to drawing / Kathy Ring -- Play is a complex landscape : imagination and symbolic meanings / Maulfry Worthington -- Making the most of play in the early years : the importance of children's perceptions / Justine Howard -- Play, metacognition and self-regulation / David Whitebread.
Providing high quality play experiences is an essential part of good early years education, but this can pose a challenge for practitioners. By helping the reader to develop their understanding of the complex relationships between play and learning, this book examines current theoretical perspectives on play.