Selma Wassermann

Play's the Thing

Promoting Intellectual and Emotional Development in the Early Childhood Years

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a book for teachers and parents as well who seek to develop such self-directed, "can-do" children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781475869965
• ISBN-10: 1475869967
• Artikelnr.: 66876683

Autorenporträt

Selma Wassermann is Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Author of more than 30 books, she is the recipient of the University Excellence in Teaching Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Section I: Building Blocks of the Can-Do Child
Chapter 1: Developing Personal Power Roots of the Power-Control Theory
Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Respect for Children and Their
Choices
Chapter 3: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Active Learning Experiences that
Genuinely Challenge Thinking
Chapter 4: Building Blocks of Empowerment: Creative, Unsupervised Play In
Support of Play The Play's the Thing Conclusion
Section II: Applications of the theories to Practice
Chapter 5: Introduction to the Activities
Chapter 6: Debriefing: Using Interactions that Promote Reflection
Chapter 7: Serious Players: The Arts
Chapter 8: Serious Players: Language Arts
Chapter 9: Serious Players: Social Studies
Chapter 10: Serious Players: Science
Chapter 11: Serious Players: Math
Chapter 12: Serious Players: Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
Section III : Epilogue
Chapter 13 : What's Important?