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The excellence of play / edited by Janet Moyles.

Contributor(s):

Moyles, Janet R [editor.]

Material type: Text

9780335264186 (pbk.) :
0335264182 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

372.21 MOY 23

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	372.21 MOY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	17/04/2023	39002100606194

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Play as a powerful learning and teaching experience remainskey to effective early childhood education. Retaining its popular approach and style, this new edition reflects the contemporary context of early childhood education and care as well emerging research on young children's development.

The emphasis remains firmly on demonstrating the excellenceof play and its contribution to children's overall learning and development in the early years, and the role of adults in promoting inspirational playful pedagogies.It offers new coverage on topics such as brain development, gender, babies' play, cultural diversity and inclusion, children as researchers, new technologies, outdoor play and international dimensions.

Key features include:

A chapter overview giving a brief outline of aims and purpose
Lively and meaningful cameos to help bring the themes andissues to life
Content drawing on the cameos to help link research, theory and practice
Reflective questions to raise awareness of, and reflection on, the issues raised
Useful websites and further reading

This is a must-read book for all students studying early childhood at a range of levels and practitioners who are looking to deepen their understanding of play and playful practices.

"Janet Moyles's 'The Excellence of Play' has become a corner-stone of Early Childhood Education and Care. Please, please someone, make this book compulsory reading for MPs and policy wonks."
Tricia David, Emeritus Professor, Canterbury Christ Church University

"'The Excellence of Play' is now in its 4th edition and this is testimony to how thought-provoking an edited collection it continues to be. This much anticipated new edition does not disappoint:in summary, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of Early Childhood Studies and should be considered essential reading for students and practitioners alike."
Dr. Deborah Albon, London Metropolitan University

" This new edition of a classic text offers encouragement as well as information to all working with young children and their families. It provides grounded evidence for the importance of play, spelling out the complex but crucial contribution it makes to self-regulation, motivation and well-being, which are under threat in current conditions. Readers will be equipped to affirm and disseminate the importance of ensuring that future generations benefit from meaningful play."

Wendy Scott, President TACTYC

"The book's contributors do justice to the delights, complexities, puzzles and imponderables of play and make a powerful case against the undue "schoolification" of childhood and for the "playification" of schooling."
Colin Richards HMI(retired) Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Cumbria

Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Excerpt provided by Syndetics

"This second edition of The Excellence of Play encapsulates all of the many changes that have taken place in early childhood in the last decade. It examines the vital importance of play as a tool for learning and teaching for children and practitioners, supporting all those who work in early childhood education and care in developing and implementing the highest quality play experiences for young children." "The Excellence of Play provides a powerful argument that a curriculum which sanctions and utilizes play is more likely to provide well-balanced citizens of the future, as well as happier and more learned children in the present. It is essential reading for all early years students and practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Janet Moyles is Professor Emerita at Anglia Ruskin University. She is a qualified nursery/early years teacher and has held a variety of roles including headteacher, lecturer and researcher.

List of contributors: Dr. Angela Anning University of Leeds

Karen Barr Sheffield Hallam University

Marisol Basilio University of Cambridge

Helen Bradford University of Cambridge

Dr. Pat Broadhead Leeds Metropolitan University

Dr. Chris Brown Institute of Education, London

Professor Tina Bruce University of Roehampton

Penny Borkett Sheffield Hallam University

Liz Chesworth Leeds Metropolitan University

Dr. Aline-Wendy Dunlop University of Strathclyde

Dr. Peter Elfer University of Roehampton

Dr. Hilary Fabian Teacher

Dr. Jan Georgeson Plymouth University

Dr. Kathy Goouch Canterbury Christ Church University

Dr. Justine Howard Swansea University

Helen Jameson Teacher

Dr. Peter King Swansea University

Neil Kitson Warwick University

Val Melnyczuk Open University

Dr. Jane Murray University of Northampton

Dr. Celia O'Donovan Lecturer, researcher, trainer and inspector

Dr. Jayne Osgood London Metropolitan University

Rod Parker-Rees Plymouth University

Dr. Jayne Payler University of Winchester

Dr. Sally Peters University of Waikato

Linda Pound Early years consultant, trainer and writer

Dr. Kathy Ring York St. John University and independent consultant

Dr. Sue Rogers Institute of Education, London

Dr. Helen Tovey University of Roehampton

Lynne Truelove Sheffield Hallam University

Dr. David Whitebread University of Cambridge

Dr. Elizabeth Wood University of Sheffield

Maulfry Worthington VU University, Amsterdam

Dr. Nicola Yelland Victoria University, Melbourne