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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
1. What is play?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
2. How is play related to development?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
3. How is play related to teaching and the curriculum?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
Resources
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
These articles are on various topics related to play:
Ailwood, J. (2011), ‘It’s About Power: Researching Play, Pedagogy and Participation in the Early Years of School’, in S. Rogers (ed), Rethinking Play and Pedagogy, 19–32, London: Routledge.
Bodrova, E. (2008), ‘Make‐Believe Play versus Academic Skills: A Vygotskian Approach to Today’s Dilemma of Early Childhood Education’, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16 (3): 357–69.
Hart, J.L. and M.C. Nagel (2017), ‘Including Playful Aggression in Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy’, Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Education 42(1): 41-48.
Pacini-Ketchabaw, V. (2014), ‘Postcolonial and Anti-Racist Approaches to Understanding Play’, in L. Brooker, M. Blaise and S. Edwards (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Play and Learning in Early Childhood, 67–78, London: SAGE.
Rogers, S. (2011), ‘Play and Pedagogy: A Conflict of Interest?’, in S. Rogers (ed), Rethinking Play and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education: Concepts, Contexts and Cultures, 5–19, London: Routledge.
Roopnarine, J. L., and J. E. Johnson (1994), ‘The Need To Look at Play in Diverse Cultural Settings’, in J. L. Roopnarine, J. E. Johnson and F. H. Hooper (eds), Children’s Play in Diverse Cultures, 1–8, New York: SUNY Press.