Taking Play Seriously - Children and Play in Early Childhood Education - an Exciting Challenge (Hardcover, Revised ed.)

In this book the author presents from different perspectives what is understood by the phenomenon of children's play, why it is important, and how children's play challenge and stimulate the educator or caregiver in regard of educational values and practice, with the conclusion: play has to be taken seriously. A selection of theories is introduced to provide descriptions and explanations of play, as a background for putting forward certain requirements for what should be understood by play in early childhood education. Finally, a discussion of play as an educational remedy is presented, and at the end the important relations between play, experiences and self-concept development are outlined in relevance to teachers' professional play competence. The book is relevant to university academics teaching at bachelor and master programs of early childhood education; in addition to parents, teachers and caregivers in relation to children aged 0 to 9 years of age.

General

Imprint:	Information Age Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Ole Fredrik Lillemyr
Foreword by:	Anthony D. Pellegrini
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	Revised ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-60752-115-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Pre-school & kindergarten
LSN:	1-60752-115-6
Barcode:	9781607521150

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