Play, exploration, and learning : a natural history of the pre-school

Author(s)

• Hutt, S. J. (Sidney John)

Bibliographic Information

Play, exploration, and learning : a natural history of the pre-school

S. John Hutt ... [et al.]

（Routledge education books）

Routledge, 1989

• : hdc
• : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 266-275

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hdc ISBN 9780415012867

Description

This "natural history" of the activities of children and caring adults presents a comparative study of four types of provision for the under-fives. This book should be of interest to educational psychologists, students at colleges of education, teachers on in-service training courses and nursery teachers.

Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780415052658

Description

A contribution to the evaluation of nursery practice in Britain, this "natural history" of the activities of children and caring adults presents a comparative study of four types of provision for the under-fives - nursery schools, nursery classes, playgroups and day nurseries. The authors look at the "play" of three to five-year old children and the activities of the adults who care for them. They examine in detail children's choices of materials and their use of them, with special attention given to the way language is used by both children and adults during play. Also covered are the difference in the play activities of part-time and full-time nursery school children, and the transition from pre-school to first school.

Table of Contents

• The pre-school context
• pre-school experience
• assumptions and research
• the context of the study
• the aims and objectives of pre-school provision
• what happens in different pre-school provisions?
• adults' activities in pre-school
• use of material
• fantasy play
• attention and choice of activity
• use of language
• adjustment of new children
• part-time and full-time pre-school attendance
• what do children learn from pre-school?
• intervening in fantasy play
• play and learning
• from nursery to reception class
• the findings and implications of the study
• summary of findings
• some implications of this study.

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Details

• NCID: BA06598478
• ISBN:
  • 0415012864
  • 0415052653
• LCCN: 88011451
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 282 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB1140.35.P55
  • DC19 : 372.21/0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education, Preschool -- Great Britain -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Play -- Great Britain -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Child development -- Great Britain -- Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00015409