The excellence of play / edited by Janet Moyles.
Material type: TextPublisher: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England : McGraw Hill Education Open University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 4th editionDescription: xxiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780335264186 (pbk.) :
- 0335264182 (pbk.) :
- 372.21 MOY 23
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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:
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.
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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