TEACHING THROUGH PLAY by Neville Bennett

TEACHING THROUGH PLAY by Neville Bennett

This book is based on the findings of a research project into Reception Teachers' Theories of Play funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. There is strong ideological and theoretical support for a play-based curriculum in the early years. But evidence suggests that teachers find this difficult to translate into practice. The educational potential of play is not realized. This study focuses on nine reception class teachers, ranging from novices to experts, in order to discover their theories of play and how these relate to classroom practice. The data reveal new insights into how they strive to incorporate play into the curriculum in contrasting ways and the constraints they encounter in this process. There is a need to improve the quality of teaching and learning through play. Teaching Through Play makes a valuable contribution to this process.

"..full of downright good advice for every academic who wants to do something practical to improve his or her students' learning ... there are very few writers on the subject of university teachingwho can engage a reader so personally, express things so clearly, relate research findings so eloquently to personal experience" -Paul Ramsden

Neville Bennett is Professor of Primary Education at the University of Exeter. He has a particular interest in the Early Years and has researched and published widely in this field. He is co-director with Liz Wood on the ESRC Funded Project Reception Teachers' Theories of Play.

Liz Wood is Programme Leader for Early Years at the School of Education, University of Exeter. She has written several books focusing on aspects of early years' education.

Sue Rogers is an experienced early years teacher. She is now working as Lecturer in Education at the University of Reading.

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ISBN 13	9780335197323
ISBN 10	0335197329
Title	TEACHING THROUGH PLAY
Author	Neville Bennett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Open University Press
Year published	1997-01-16
Number of pages	160
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