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Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Wood is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield. She teaches on a range of post-graduate programmes and runs in-service courses for teachers and early years practitioners. She has worked on a number of collaborative research projects with teachers in early years and primary schools. Elizabeth co-directed two ESRC funded research projects with Neville Bennett: Reception Teachers' Theories of Play (1995-97) and Progression and Continuity in the Early Years (1999-2000). She has authored books and articles based on her research interests in play, young children's learning, early childhood pedagogy, equity and equality, policy critique and collaborative action research. Klappentext A key text to help students examine the role and value of play in learning and childhood development, including contemporary research and international examples. Zusammenfassung A key text to help students examine the role and value of play in learning and childhood development! including contemporary research and international examples. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures About the Author Preface A Note from the Author Add-on Material Understanding Play: Complexity and Challenge Understanding Children¿s Learning: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives Play in National Policies: International Perspectives Play and the Curriculum Play and Pedagogy Play and Learning in Outdoor Environments Assessing Children¿s Learning in Play Developing Play Appendix Bibliography Author index Subject index
