The play's the thing
Subtitle: teachers' roles in children's play
By: Elizabeth Jones, Gretchen Reynolds ; foreword to the first edition by Elizabeth Prescott
Contributors: Reynolds, Gretchen
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Early childhood education series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780807752418
Subjects: Teaching; Play; Preschool Education
Description: "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 and culture, intentional teaching, inquiry, and the construction of knowledge."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.