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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Other Authors: Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 121 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9786613018496
661301849X
1283018497
9781283018494
0199724261
9780199724260