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The Play's the Thing: Teachers' Roles in Children's Play (Early Childhood Education (Teacher's College Pr))
The Play's the Thing Teachers' Roles in Children's Play - Early Childhood Education Teacher's College Pr Author:Elizabeth Jones, Gretchen Reynolds Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children's development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. This classic textbook and popular practitioner resource offers systematic descriptions an... more »d analyses of the different roles a teacher adopts to support play, including those of stage manager, mediator, player, scribe, assessor, communicator, and planner. This new edition has been expanded to include significant developments in the broadening landscape of early learning and care, such as assessment, diversity and culture, intentional teaching, inquiry, and the construction of knowledge.« less