Title
Play and early childhood pedagogies
Files
Description
Chapter 10 presents an evidence-informed discussion about children’s play and early childhood pedagogies. It discusses the role educators’ play in providing rich environments, resources and teaching strategies to promote children’s learning and development. The importance of children’s learning in nature is raised along with the importance of unstructured and risky play, fostering children’s imagination and creativity and the types of physical environments can support children’s play.
ISBN
978-1-74286-555-3
Publication Date
12-1-2020
Publisher
ACER Press
City
Camberwell, Australia
DOI
https://doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-555-3_10
Keywords
Early childhood education, Young children, Play based learning, Imagination, Creativity
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education
Recommended Citation
Leggett, Nicole, "Play and early childhood pedagogies" (2020). Strong Foundations. 10.
https://research.acer.edu.au/strong-foundations/10
Comments
Citation APA 7th edition
Leggett, N. (2020). Play and early childhood pedagogies. In A. Kilderry & B. Raban (Eds.), Strong Foundations: Evidence informing practice in early childhood education and care (pp. 138-155). ACER Press. https://doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-555-3_10