Understanding Young Children's Learning through Play: Building playful pedagogies

by Andy Burt and Pat Broadhead

Book Overview

This timely and accessible text introduces, theorises and practically applies two important concepts which now underpin early years practice: those of 'playful learning' and 'playful pedagogies'. Pat Broadhead and Andy Burt draw upon filmed material, conversations with children, reflection, observation, and parental and staff interviews, in their longitudinal study of outdoor and indoor play environments in an early years unit. This research-based...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415614279
• ISBN13: 9780415614276
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"