Reconsidering The Role of Play in Early Childhood: Towards Social Justice and Equity

Reconsidering The Role of Play in Early Childhood: Towards Social Justice and Equity
ISBN-10
0429769997
ISBN-13
9780429769993
Category
Education
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2020-05-11
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Julie M. Nicholson, Debora B. Wisneski

Description

Reconsidering the Role of Play in Early Childhood: Towards Social Justice and Equity—a compilation of current play research in early childhood education and care—challenges, disrupts, and reexamines conventional perspectives on play. By highlighting powerful and provocative studies from around the world that attend to the complexities and diverse contexts of children’s play, the issues of social justice and equity related to play are made visible. This body of work is framed by the phenomenological viewpoint that presumes equity is best confronted and improved through developing an expanded understanding of play in its multiple variations and dimensions. The play studies explore the potential and troubles of play in teaching and learning, children’s agency in play, the actual spaces where children play, and different perspectives of play based on identity and culture. The editors invite readers to use the research as an inspiration to reconsider their conceptions of play and to take action to work for a world where all children have access to play. This book was originally published as a special issue of Early Child Development and Care.

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