This timely second edition explores recent developments which strongly endorse play as an integral part of the curriculum.
This book is for students on Childhood Studies courses and those on Initial Teacher Education and Masters programmes in early childhood and primary education. Experienced practitioners on CPD courses will also find it useful.
The Third Edition of this popular book reflects contemporary research as well as thinking about the role and value of play in learning and development, within and beyond early childhood.
The second edition of this text explores recent developments which strongly endorse play as an integral part of the curriculum.
More recent researchers have explored the educational implications of schema theory (Athey, 1990; Nutbrown, 1999; Worthington and Carruthers, 2003) from infancy through early childhood. Schemas are defined as repeating patterns and ...
This timely second edition explores recent developments which strongly endorse play as an integral part of the curriculum.