Play: Challenging Educators' Beliefs about Play in the Indoor and Outdoor Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Leggett ◽  
Linda Newman
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Adult Roles ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

WESTERN DISCOURSES OF EARLY childhood pedagogy promote a play-based approach to learning, growth and development. However, play is a contested concept. Educators' understandings can vary from allowing freedom for children to play without interference, through to a range of adult engagement levels. The Australian Early Years Learning Framework adopts a play-based approach to children's growth and development, though says little about adult roles or intentionality in play. This paper draws from recent research that explored educators' beliefs and understandings of their roles as intentional teachers within indoor and outdoor learning environments. Findings highlighted differences between role and responsibility perceptions whereby educators shifted roles from teacher to supervisor between contexts. Drawing on Vygotsky's sociocultural approach that regards play as a social event and the leading source of development, promoting cognitive, emotional and social development in young children (Connery, John-Steiner & Marjanovic-Shane, 2010), we believe that a re-examination of the role of the educator in children's play requires specific attention. Finally, based on the research, we contest the notion of ‘free play’. This paper suggests that by acknowledging the role of the educator as an intentional teacher both indoors and outdoors, and emphasising the complexity of the educator role, a more robust definition of play that is reflective of contemporary early childhood contexts and curricula can evolve to strengthen educator understanding and practice.

Play and Learning in Early Childhood Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalila Maria Lino ◽  
Cristina Parente
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Learning Through Play

The key role of toys and play in early years education has been highlighted by several childhood pedagogues such as Froebel, Montessori, Weikart, and Malaguzzi, among many others. It is consensual among the international educational community that children now spend far more time being instructed and tested in literacy and math than they do learning through play and exploration exercising their bodies and using their imagination. This chapter aims to reflect on the power of play for children's learning and development and to analyze how three pedagogical models—the High Scope, Reggio Emilia, and Montessori—integrate play through their curriculum development. The chapter is organized in several topics, namely (1) the role of play in early childhood education (0 to 6 years); (2) the High Scope curriculum and opportunities given to children to engage in free play and play with purposes; (3) the Reggio Emilia approach: play through 100 languages; (4) the Montessori method, from hands-on activity and self-directed activity to collaborative play; (5) final remarks.

Considering Form and Function: A Commentary on the Review of the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 183693912110185
Author(s):  
Caroline Cohrssen
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Early Years ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Planning Cycle ◽  
Standard Quality

An important milestone in early childhood education and care is reached in 2021 as Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia is reviewed. The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) was groundbreaking. It has been influential in providing national guidelines around pedagogical principles, practice and learning outcomes for children. This commentary is intended to contribute to the wider conversation that is taking place this year. It proposes that a refined EYLF retains the focus on child-centredness and playful learning, and advocates for the structure of the revised document to include continua of learning and development. The provision of learning trajectories would assist early childhood educators to enact the planning cycle, meet National Quality Standard Quality Area 1, and thus potentially increase the learning outcomes for all children.

Mother's Perspective About Using the Gadget Safeness for Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-320
Author(s):  
Colti Sistiarani ◽  
Bambang Hariyadi ◽  
Saudin Yuniarno ◽  
Endo Dardjito
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Parental Mediation ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Children's Media ◽  
At Home

The rapid development of technology makes it easier for mothers to provide stimulation related to growth and development using gadgets. However, parental knowledge is needed about the safe limits of using a gadget in early childhood. This study aims to determine the perspective and behavior of mothers about the use of gadgets in toddlers. The method used is quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach. The participants of this study were thirty-one mothers who have early childhood and who are empowering family welfare. The inclusion criteria were mothers who agreed to be respondents, the exclusion criteria for mothers who did not have gadgets. This study uses a questionnaire measurement instrument for data collection. Data analysis was performed univariate and bivariate using the chi-square test. The results of the study concluded that the mother's knowledge regarding the safety of using a gadget was still lacking, with a value of around 54.8%, while the mother's behavior related to the same thing was better, which was around 58.1%. The relationship test shows that there is a strong enough relationship between maternal knowledge and maternal behavior in introducing or using gadgets in toddlers.  Keywords: Early Childhood, Mother Perspective, Gadget Safeness  References Appel, M. (2012). Are heavy users of computer games and social media more computer literate? Computers and Education, 59(4), 1339–1349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.06.004 Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Prentice-Hall. Cingel, D. P., & Krcmar, M. (2013). Predicting Media Use in Very Young Children: The Role of Demographics and Parent Attitudes. Communication Studies, 64(4), 374–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2013.770408 Connell, S. L., Lauricella, A. R., & Wartella, E. (2015). 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scholarly journals Is infant belonging observable? A path through the maze

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-416
Author(s):  
Jane M Selby ◽  
Benjamin S Bradley ◽  
Jennifer Sumsion ◽  
Matthew Stapleton ◽  
Linda J Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Quality Outcomes ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Education And Care

This article evaluates the concept of infant ‘belonging’, central to several national curricula for early childhood education and care. Here, the authors focus on Australia’s Early Years Learning Framework. Four different meanings attach to ‘belonging’ in the Early Years Learning Framework, the primary being sociopolitical. However, ‘a sense of belonging’ is also proposed as something that should be observable and demonstrable in infants and toddlers – such demonstration being held up as one of the keys to quality outcomes in early childhood education and care. The Early Years Learning Framework endows belonging with two contrasting meanings when applied to infants. The first, the authors call ‘marked belonging’, and it refers to the infant’s exclusion from or inclusion in defined groups of others. The second, the authors provisionally call ‘unmarked’ belonging. Differences between these two meanings of infant belonging are explored by describing two contrasting observational vignettes from video recordings of infants in early childhood education and care. The authors conclude that ‘belonging’ is not a helpful way to refer to, or empirically demonstrate, an infant’s mundane comfort or ‘unmarked’ agentive ease in shared early childhood education and care settings. A better way to conceptualise and research this would be through the prism of infants’ proven capacity to participate in groups.

scholarly journals Partnerships in Early Childhood Education and Care: Empowering Parents or Empowering Practitioners

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Rouse
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Education And Care

Research acknowledges that outcomes for young children are enhanced when effective partnerships are developed between educators and families. The Australian Early Years Learning Framework provides direction for the professional practice of early childhood educators by acknowledging the importance of educators working in partnership with families. In the Victorian state-based early years framework, family-centred practice has been included as the practice model. Family-centred practice has as its core a philosophy of professionals supporting the empowerment of parents as active decision makers for their child. The early childhood education and care sector in Australia, however, is made up of a workforce which is largely perceived as being undervalued as a profession. This raises questions as to the capacity of these educators to support the empowerment of parents when they themselves are coming from a position of disempowerment due to their professional status. This article reports on findings from a small-scale study of childhood educators working in a long day-care setting which aimed to identify perceptions of the partnerships that exist between themselves and parents. In the course of the investigation, it became evident that some of educators felt disempowered in the relationships that exist with some families.

scholarly journals Psychological and Pedagogical Conditions of Development of Abilities of Children and Support of Their Giftedness in the Conditions of Realization of Educational Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
S.V. Murafa ◽  
A.А. Pavlova ◽  
E.V. Trifonova
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Scientific Psychology ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Creative Initiative ◽  
Definition Of

The article reveals the psychological and pedagogical conditions of the educational process aimed at the development of children's abilities and support of their giftedness. The emphasis is made on the definition of the features of interaction between teachers and children. The work is based on the specifics of the theoretical understanding of abilities, creativity and giftedness, developed in the framework of national scientific psychology. The authors consider situations in which the effect on the child become difficult-mediated and suggest the upbringing through self-upbringing and growth of his giftedness, his own creative initiative and interest for the cognition process. The authors emphasize the role of the teacher in the context of early childhood education in the development of children's giftedness.

scholarly journals PERAN ORANG TUA TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI DALAM PANDANGAN ISLAM

Perspektif ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Denny Erica ◽  
Haryanto Haryanto ◽  
Mari Rahmawati ◽  
Irwin Ananta Vidada
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
State Of Nature ◽  
Role Of Parents

From an Islamic point of view, children are a mandate given by Allah to their parents, to provide good and healthy education, involving families is a place for children to learn, communicate, communicate, and behave towards the environment associated with it, and a children will always need a lot of attention and affection from both parents. The role of parents in the development of early childhood education from an Islamic point of view must be able to provide an explanation of all the children born in a state of nature, instill monotheism and aqeedah truly to children, teach children to help prayer, teach children to read the Koran, motivate children to always pray, teach children to always be grateful, motivate children to worship at the mosque, teach children to always be naked, teach children to always maintain the cleanliness of the body, and teach children to love each other God's creatures. By involving parents in providing education that contains Islamic religious values, it is expected that these early childhood children can support the process of adaptation to the outside environment, bearing in mind that these early childhood have strong character and faith in the process of development of growth and development for child.

scholarly journals EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE & EDUCATION: AN ICT PERSPECTIVE

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep Kumar Mishra ◽  
Anthony Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Early Introduction ◽  
Early Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In the 21st century, technology serves to reinforce the educational bedrock of any country. Technology has revolutionized the teaching learning process by integrating different source of knowledge - clearly visible from primary to post-tertiary level. This paper examines the introduction of ICT in early childhood years centred on the relationship of ICT with the cognitive, emotional and social development of children. The paper discusses various aspects of the ongoing debate around ICT usage in the early years and tries to answer some of the relevant issues namely, the rationale for early introduction of ICT, the perceived risks and benefits involved in its usage, the role of the parents, and fostering appropriate application of ICT in the early childhood classrooms.

scholarly journals Metode Role Play Sebagai Upaya Meningkatkan Kemampuan Guru dalam Deteksi Dini Pertumbuhan Perkembangan Balita

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Nurwening Tyas Wisnu ◽  
Ayesha Hendriana Ngestiningrum ◽  
Nuryani Nuryani ◽  
Hery Sumasto
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Group Comparison ◽  
Childhood Growth ◽  
Emotional Role ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
And Control ◽  
Static Group

Several studies have shown that the role of elementary school, kindergarten and PAUD (Early Childhood Education) teachers in early detection of toddler growth and development is very important in efforts to monitor and detect early childhood growth and development. This study aims to analyze the influence of role play learning methods using MCH books to improve the ability of teachers to detect children's growth and development. The design of this study was static group comparison. The study subjects were 100 PAUD Teachers in Poncol District, Magetan Regency, which were divided into treatment and control groups. Data was collected through questionnaires and observations using a checklist. Differences in the ability to detect growth and development of children between the two groups were analyzed using the t test. The results of data analysis show that there was an influence of the use of role play on the ability to detect growth, development and mental emotional problems in children. Keywords: children; growth; development, mental-emotional, role play; teacher ABSTRAK Beberapa penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peran guru SD, TK dan PAUD (Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini) dalam deteksi dini tumbuh kembang Balita sangat penting dalam upaya pemantauan dan deteksi dini tumbuh kembang balita. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh metode pembelajaran role play penggunaan buku KIA untuk meningkatkan kemampuan guru untuk mendeteksi pertumbuhan dan perkembangan anak. Desain penelitian ini adalah static group comparison. Subyek penelitian adalah 100 Guru PAUD di Kecamatan Poncol, Kabupaten Magetan, yang dibagi menjadi kelompok perlakuan dan kelompok kontrol. Data dikumpulkan melalui pengisian kuesioner dan observasi menggunakan checklist. Perbedaan kemampuan deteksi pertumbuhan dan perkembangan anak antara kedua kelompok dianalisis menggunakan uji t. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh penggunaan role play terhadap kemampuan deteksi pertumbuhan, perkembangan dan masalah mental emosional pada anak. Kata kunci: anak; pertumbuhan; perkembangan, mental-emosional, role play; guru

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