Playing for Keeps: Life and Learning on a Public School Playground

by Brenda S. Engel, Beth Taylor, Deborah Meier, et al.

Book Overview

Why is play important in the lives of children? What crucial aspects of learning are being neglected in the current near-elimination of recess time in public schools? Playing for Keeps, co-authored by the well-known writer and educational leader Deborah Meier and two colleagues with equally long experience in schools, explores these questions. Based on close observations on a public school playground, the book shows children at play in a relatively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807750956
• ISBN13: 9780807750957
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 8.9"