A mandate for playful learning in preschool : presenting the evidence /
We are robbing young children of play time to give them a head start on academic skills like reading and mathematics. Yet scientific evidence suggests that eliminating play is taking preschool education in the wrong direction. This text provides a counterargument to the rising tide of didactic instr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | We are robbing young children of play time to give them a head start on academic skills like reading and mathematics. Yet scientific evidence suggests that eliminating play is taking preschool education in the wrong direction. This text provides a counterargument to the rising tide of didactic instruction on preschool classrooms. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 121 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9786613018496 661301849X 1283018497 9781283018494 0199724261 9780199724260 |