PLAY AND LEARNING IN THE EARLY YEARS FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE

Providing High Quality Play Experiences Is An Essential Part Of Good Early Years Education, But This Can Pose A Challenge For Practitioners. By Helping The Reader To Develop Their Understanding Of The Complex Relationships Between Play And Learning, This Book Examines Current Theoretical Perspectives On Play. Developing Integrated Pedagogical Approaches To Play And Learning / Elizabeth Wood -- Learning To Play In A Cultural Context / Liz Brooker -- Cooperative Play And Learning From Nursery To Year One / Pat Broadhead -- 'born To Play' : The Biocultural Roots Of Rough And Tumble Play, And Its Impact Upon Young Children's Learning And Development / Pan Jarvis -- Playing On The Edge : Perceptions Of Risk And Danger In Outdoor Play / Helen Tovey -- Identity And Young Children's Drawings : Power, Agency, Control And Transformation / Emese Hall -- Supporting A Playful Approach To Drawing / Kathy Ring -- Play Is A Complex Landscape : Imagination And Symbolic Meanings / Maulfry Worthington -- Making The Most Of Play In The Early Years : The Importance Of Children's Perceptions / Justine Howard -- Play, Metacognition And Self-regulation / David Whitebread. Edited By Pat Broadhead, Justine Howard And Elizabeth Wood. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Providing high quality play experiences is an essential part of good early years education, but this can pose a challenge for practitioners who face pressure from a more didactic primary curriculum, and from parents worried that their children will fail to acquire essential skills and knowledge. By helping the reader to develop their understanding of the complex relationships between play and learning, this book examines current theoretical perspectives on play, alongside examples of recent and innovative play research from a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives