Learning through play : a work-based approach for the early years /
By: Duncan, Jacqueline.
Contributor(s): Lockwood, Madelaine.
Series: Early years: Publisher: London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2008Description: x, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1847061680 (pbk.); 9781847061683:; 9781847061683 (pbk.).Subject(s): Play![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: How Children Learn; 1. The Role of the Adult: Making Observations and Understanding the Child; 2. The Child as a Thinker and Learner; 3. Aspects of Development: Influences on Learning; 4. Key Ideas That Inform Us About Learning Through Play; Part 2: Play and its Role in Pre-School Education; 5. Play and Learning; 6. Developing the Context: Making Sense of Your Setting; Part 3: Key Principles for Developing and Supporting Play; 7. The Role of the Practitioner: Monitoring and Assessment of Children's Learning Through Play; 8. The Learning Environment: Provision and Resources; 9. The Role of the Adult in Supporting Sustained Meaningful Play; 10. Planning: Developing a Framework for Children's Learning Through Play; Part 4: Management, Evaluation and Development of Quality Pre-School Provision; 11. The Role of the Adult: Leadership and Management; 12. Developing Your Context: Where Do We Go from Here?
There is a growing and well researched recognition of the need to develop the early years curriculum and pedagogy through play based learning. In addition, there is a well established principle that teaching and learning should begin 'where the child is'. This book is centred around these two principles.