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Play and learning in early childhood settings :
international perspectives
Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson and Marilyn Fleer (editors)
Netherlands : Springer-Verlag, 2009
ISBN: 9781402084973
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Book description
This book provides the first ever cultural-historical study of
the play of children from birth to 2 years of age in their early childhood
education and care settings across 7 countries. Researchers from New
Zealand, Australia, Chile, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Sweden and USA present
their investigations of the play activities of infants and toddlers in their
early childhood settings. They examine the cultural construction of play in
these different contexts through a cultural-historical analysis.
The book presents a review of the literature, drawing upon Vygotsky's (1966)
work to frame the review, followed by a critique of research and theory on
play within the field of early childhood education. It provides case
examples of play within specific countries, mostly using Barbara Rogoff's
(1998) 3 planes of analysis as a common approach for framing and analysing
the data generated. It further examines how play has been enacted
across countries and offers suggestions for future directions.
About the author
Professor Marilyn Fleer, Faculty of Education, Monash
University, Australia.
Professor Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson, Department of Education,
Gothenburg University, Sweden.
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