Re-Exploring Play and Playfulness in Early Childhood Teacher Education (eBook, ePUB)

Narratives, Reflections, and Practices
Redaktion: Felton, Melanie K.; Cortez-Castro, Diana H.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores early childhood teacher educators' lived experiences in designing and implementing intentional play-based approaches in teaching pre-service teachers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040110881
• Artikelnr.: 72273343

Autorenporträt

Melanie K. Felton has been an Associate Professor and Director of Early Childhood Education at College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska, for over 30 years, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Childhood Education, Lifespan Development, and Educational Psychology. She taught 3-5-year-olds in a multi-age full-day program at Iowa State University Child Development Laboratory School and created the first Prekindergarten program for St. Albert Catholic Schools in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Diana H. Cortez-Castro is the Program Coordinator and Faculty of Teacher Education at Texas Southmost College. She has 16+ years of experience in Hispanic-serving institutions, developing and teaching courses in Early Childhood Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Bilingual Education, and Educational Psychology. Dr. Cortez-Castro is an active advocate for children's right to play and has organized Community Play Days promoting sustainability, equity, and diversity since 2008.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Preface
Part 1: Examining the Re-Exploration of Play and Playfulness in Early
Childhood Teacher Education
Chapter 1: (Re)-Exploring Intentional Teaching using Playful Pedagogy and
Andragogy
Chapter 2: Try-It: Encouraging Teacher Candidates to Use Play-Based
Strategies with Young Children
Chapter 3: The Impact of a Community-Based Experience on Preservice
Teachers' Perceptions of Play
Chapter 4: Teacher Educators' Perspectives, Beliefs, and Practices
Chapter 5: Play3: Integrating Play in Courses, Field Experience, and Our
Lives
Part 2: Strategies to Support Play and Playfulness in Early Childhood
Teacher Education
Chapter 6: Exploring Creativity and the Arts through Play in an Early
Childhood Learning Lab
Chapter 7: Creating Stories of the Heart for Young Children: Developing
Early Literacy through Play and Storyography
Chapter 8: Tinker Time for Preservice Teachers: Building Skills for STEM
Play with Diverse Learners
Chapter 9: Play, Health and Well-Being in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Chapter 10: ¡Vamos a Jugar! "Let's Play" in Teacher Preparation Programs
Chapter 11: Global Playful Concientización as Playful Praxis: A Latina's
Testimonio of Learning/(Un)Learning and Social Justice in Playing the Game
of Life
Chapter 12: Play and Playfulness in Remote Early Childhood Teacher
Education
Part 3: In Closing: Continuing the Re-Exploration and Moving Forward
Chapter 13: Learning from Diverse Voices of Early Childhood Teacher
Educators: Research, Reflections and Possibilities
Index