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The Play's the Thing. Teachers' Roles in Children's Play.
Jones, Elizabeth; Reynolds, Gretchen
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Description for The Play's the Thing. Teachers' Roles in Children's Play.
Paperback. Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children's development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. Series: Teachers College Press: Early Childhood Education. Num Pages: 152 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children’s development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. This classic textbook and popular practitioner resource offers systematic descriptions and analyses of the different roles a teacher adopts to support play, including those of stage manager, mediator, player, scribe, assessor, communicator, and planner. This new edition has been expanded to include significant developments in the broadening landscape of early learning and care, such as assessment, diversity ... Read more
Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children’s development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. This classic textbook and popular practitioner resource offers systematic descriptions and analyses of the different roles a teacher adopts to support play, including those of stage manager, mediator, player, scribe, assessor, communicator, and planner. This new edition has been expanded to include significant developments in the broadening landscape of early learning and care, such as assessment, diversity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Early Childhood Education
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807752418
SKU
V9780807752418
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About Jones, Elizabeth; Reynolds, Gretchen
Elizabeth Jones is faculty emerita in human development at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California. Gretchen Reynolds is on the faculty in the early childhood education program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada. Their other books on play include Master Players (Reynolds & Jones) and Playing to Get Smart (Jones & Cooper).
Reviews for The Play's the Thing. Teachers' Roles in Children's Play.
“This book offers magnificent descriptions and evidence-based examples of how teachers can create a climate for learning via play.” ―From the Foreword to the Second Edition by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, University of Delaware “This book describes the knowledge that is required to foster play and to use it as a solid foundation on which ... Read more