Play as a powerful learning and teaching experience remainskey to effective early childhood education. Retaining its popular approach and style, this new edition reflects the contemporary context of early childhood education and care as well emerging research on young children''s development.
The emphasis remains firmly on demonstrating the excellenceof play and its contribution to children''s overall learning and development in the early years, and the role of adults in promoting inspirational playful pedagogies.It offers new coverage on topics such as brain development, gender, babies- play, cultural diversity and inclusion, children as researchers, new technologies, outdoor play and international dimensions.
Key features include:
A chapter overview giving a brief outline of aims and purpose
Lively and meaningful cameos to help bring the themes andissues to life
Content drawing on the cameos to help link research, theory and practice
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