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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Meier has spent almost five decades working in public education as a teacher, writer, and public advocate. She is currently a Senior Scholar in the faculty of the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Brenda S. Engel has taught elementary school art and was on the faculty of Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Beth Taylor has taught in preschool through college, including in teacher training, program evaluation, early childhood education, and teaching at the Mission Hill School in Boston. Klappentext An examination of the role of play in the lives of children. Based on close observations of a school playground, this shows children at play in a relatively natural, unstructured environment, and makes a strong case for the importance of free exploration, wonder, imagination, and play to the learning and growth of children. Zusammenfassung An examination of the role of play in the lives of children. Based on close observations of a school playground! this shows children at play in a relatively natural! unstructured environment! and makes a strong case for the importance of free exploration! wonder! imagination! and play to the learning and growth of children.
