Rethinking Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education - Concepts, Contexts and Cultures

Informationen zum Autor Sue Rogers is Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Klappentext Bringing together a collection of chapters from international experts in the field of early childhood education, Rethinking Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education seeks to explore how play in the Early Years is valued as a means of learning. Zusammenfassung Bringing together a collection of chapters from international experts in the field of early childhood education, Rethinking Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education seeks to explore how play in the Early Years is valued as a means of learning. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Play and Pedagogy: A Conflict of Interests? 2. It’s About Power: Researching Play, Pedagogy and Participation in the Early Years of School 3. The Challenge of Play for Early Childhood Educators 4. ‘We are Hunters and Gatherers of Values’: Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Pedagogy, and the Formation of Ethical Identities 5. Revisiting Vygotskian Perspectives on Play and Pedagogy 6. Exploring Culture, Play, and Early Childhood Education Practice in African Contexts 7. Play and Pedagogy framed within India’s Historical, Socio-Cultural and Pedagogical Context 8. Learning Through Play in Hong Kong: Policy of Practice 9. Meeting at the Crossroads: Postmodern Pedagogy Greets Children's Aesthetic Play-Culture 10. Deconstructing the Metaphysics of Play Theories: Toward a Pedagogy of Play Aesthetics 11. Digital Play in the Classroom: A Twenty-First Century Pedagogy? 12. Taking Play Seriously

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• Authors: Sue Rogers, Sue (Institute of Education Rogers, Rogers Sue
• Assisted by: Sue Rogers (Editor), Rogers Sue (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415480758
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48075-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary