Moral Case for Play in K-12 Schools - The Urgency of Advancing Moral Ecologies of Play

This original book makes a moral case for play as an essential role for character development, sparking curiosity, wonder, imagination, and teamwork beyond recess and throughout academia based on both library and school centered research in non-sectarian and faith-based K-12 institutions.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Play, Moral Education and Character Education
Chapter 2: Recess Is Over, But Don't Stop Playing! Research Methodology, Research Sites, and Three Moral Ecologies of Play
Chapter 3: How Can I Catch the Kids' Attention? Conceding, Cautious, and Complementary Uses of Play in Class
Chapter 4: What Brings the Curriculum to Life and What Makes it Relevant?
Chapter 5: Character-Building and Character-Driven Play
Chapter 6: Co-Curricular Play: Religious spaces, electives, physical education, advisory and disciplinary systems
Chapter 7: Recess and Shared Moral Spaces; Dress and Gender
Chapter 8: From Playing to Belonging: The Essential Role of Schools in Setting the Stage
Appendix: Questions for Discussion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Rabbi Judd Kruger Levingston is Director of Jewish Studies and Advisor to the Derech Eretz Honor Council at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy.

Summary

This original book makes a moral case for play as an essential role for character development, sparking curiosity, wonder, imagination, and teamwork beyond recess and throughout academia based on both library and school centered research in non-sectarian and faith-based K-12 institutions.

Product details

• Authors: Judd Kruger Levingston, Levingston Judd Kruger
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781666910810
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-081-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Religious