Collaborative Play in Early Childhood Education (Children's Issues, Laws and Programs)

COLLABORATIVE PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
SECTION ONE – BACKGROUND......Page 16
CURRENT UNDERSTANDINGS  OF COLLABORATIVE PLAY......Page 18
 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION  IN NEW ZEALAND......Page 28
METHODS......Page 32
SAMPLE AND SETTING......Page 33
ANALYSIS......Page 34
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 35
SECTION TWO –  RESEARCH FINDINGS – THEMES......Page 38
FAMILY ROLES......Page 40
CHARACTER ROLES......Page 52
FUNCTIONAL ROLES......Page 60
PRETEND I’M DEAD......Page 70
ESTABLISHING THE RULES......Page 71
DIRECTING THE PLAY......Page 72
AREAS OF RESISTANCE......Page 73
DEVELOPING THE THEME......Page 74
INTRODUCTION......Page 78
SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS......Page 79
MATHEMATIC CONCEPTS......Page 84
TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS......Page 86
 TECHNOLOGICAL PRACTICE......Page 87
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 90
THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY......Page 93
IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS......Page 94
INTRODUCTION......Page 96
LEADERSHIP STYLES......Page 97
BOY’S COLLABORATIVE PLAY......Page 99
GIRL’S COLLABORATIVE PLAY......Page 103
 LEADERSHIP IN MIXED GENDER PLAY......Page 106
CAN I PLAY?  INTERVENTION STRATEGIES......Page 112
SECTION THREE – IMPLICATIONS......Page 122
ENVIRONMENTS......Page 124
THE PHYSICAL SETTING OF THE DAYLONG  CENTRE AND THE KINDERGARTEN......Page 125
 PLAY VARIANCE IN THE TWO SETTINGS......Page 126
GENDER......Page 132
RESOURCING PLAY......Page 140
TEACHING STRATEGIES......Page 141
STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE BOYS LEARNING......Page 143
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 148
REFERENCES......Page 150
INDEX......Page 160