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Playful Education provides a guide for you to activate the powers of play to boost your teaching practices and increase your effectiveness as an educator. Educators will learn the foundations of play therapy and how they can be used to guide play within a classroom setting.
List of contents
Part 1: Play Therapy and the Role of Play in the Schools 1. What is Play Therapy and What Does it Have to Do with Schools? 2. The Power of Play in the Holistic Learning & Development of Children 3. Play & Development 4. Play & Self-Regulation 5. Play & Social Relationships
Part 2: Activating the Powers of Play Between Teacher and Child: The PlayBreak 6. Bringing Together the Powers of Play to Activate Learning 7. The PlayBreak: A Special Playtime 8. The PlayBreak Attitudes 9. The PlayBreak Skills 10. Putting it All Together: The PlayBreak in Action 11. The Power of the PlayBreak: Case Study
Part 3: Moving Play Into the Classroom and School Culture 12. Transferring the PlayBreak Skills into the Classroom 13. Integrating Play in School Culture: Building Partnerships with Parents, Teachers, & Administrators
About the author
Dee C. Ray is Regents Professor and Elaine Millikan Mathes Professor in Early Childhood Education in the Counseling Program and Director of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas. Dr. Ray also co-created and oversees the international certification program for Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy.
Summary
Playful Education provides a guide for you to activate the powers of play to boost your teaching practices and increase your effectiveness as an educator. Educators will learn the foundations of play therapy and how they can be used to guide play within a classroom setting.
