Playful teaching and learning / 
edited by Glenda Walsh, Dorothy McMillan, Carol McGuiness. 
 - xvii, 218 pages :  illustrations ;   25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Section 1: Principles of playful teaching and learning -- 1. Why playful teaching and learning? / Glenda Walsh -- 2. Mental models of playful practice: digging deeper / Liz Sproule -- 3. Pillars of practice for playful teaching and learning / Glenda Walsh -- Section 2: Playful teaching and learning across the curriculum -- 4. Playful thinking in action: tools for cultivating children's thinking / Carol McGuinness -- 5. Playful pedagogies in early childhood mathematics / Ross O Corrain and Liz Dunphy -- 6. Playful approaches to literacy / Catherine Gilliland -- 7. Growing the child in the playful setting / Marion Dowling and Glenda Walsh -- 8. Playful learning in natural outdoor environments / Richard Greenwood -- 9. ICT made playful / Christine Stephen -- 10. Playful approaches to science and technology / Andrea Doberty and John McCullagh -- Section 3: The role of the playful professional -- 11. Hopeful intentions: planning for playful teaching and learning / Jacqueline Fallon -- 12. Assessment withing the playful teaching and learning experience / Glenda Walsh and Liz Sproule -- 13. Towards the playful professional / Dorothy McMillan. 
<br/><br/> Informed by international research along with contrasting perspectives on different forms of play, this book emphasises the importance of play to children, and the opportunities that play provides for learning and development.  
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781473948815 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781473948808 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016949389 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Play.    <br/>Early childhood education -- Activity programs.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.21/P69