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Learning Through Play
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"The key advantage to this book is the way in which it is easy to read and the amount of information it provides with regard to the role of play in supporting young children's learning." Karen Phethean, University of Winchester
"This book is excellent. It is an invaluable resource for both qualified and trainee early years practitioners. Tina Bruce has a real talent with how she expresses ideas. The concepts are presented in an accessible way. The material is suitable across a range of levels of study." Caroline McGrath,
Programme Manger for Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Studies, City of Bristol College in partnership with the University of Plymouth
"I would always recommend books by Tina Bruce to my students as she is highly accessible, combining theory and practice closely together. They are attractively laid out and are therefore popular with students." Maureen Brookson, University of East Anglia
Professor Tina Bruce CBE, an acknowledged expert on play, clearly presents the key ideas and demonstrates the best practices for cultivating play in an Early Years setting. The book covers historical perspectives, how we can observe and study play, and the role of play in learning, developing
abstract ideas, helping children to relate to one another. She shows that play helps children to achieve the highest form of learning in early childhood.
This new edition of Learning Through Play will provide students and practitioners with an invaluable guide to the core values behind play, the importance of play for children from 0 to 5 years old, and practical schemas for getting the best out of play in an Early Years or Educational setting.
It will be an ideal text for those studying play at levels 3 and 4, Foundation Degrees, Undergraduate Early Childhood Studies and Primary Education courses, Post-graduate study and for those working in an Early Years setting.
"The key advantage to this book is the way in which it is easy to read and the amount of information it provides with regard to the role of play in supporting young children's learning." Karen Phethean, University of Winchester
"This book is excellent. It is an invaluable resource for both qualified and trainee early years practitioners. Tina Bruce has a real talent with how she expresses ideas. The concepts are presented in an accessible way. The material is suitable across a range of levels of study." Caroline McGrath,
Programme Manger for Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Studies, City of Bristol College in partnership with the University of Plymouth
"I would always recommend books by Tina Bruce to my students as she is highly accessible, combining theory and practice closely together. They are attractively laid out and are therefore popular with students." Maureen Brookson, University of East Anglia
Professor Tina Bruce CBE, an acknowledged expert on play, clearly presents the key ideas and demonstrates the best practices for cultivating play in an Early Years setting. The book covers historical perspectives, how we can observe and study play, and the role of play in learning, developing
abstract ideas, helping children to relate to one another. She shows that play helps children to achieve the highest form of learning in early childhood.
This new edition of Learning Through Play will provide students and practitioners with an invaluable guide to the core values behind play, the importance of play for children from 0 to 5 years old, and practical schemas for getting the best out of play in an Early Years or Educational setting.
It will be an ideal text for those studying play at levels 3 and 4, Foundation Degrees, Undergraduate Early Childhood Studies and Primary Education courses, Post-graduate study and for those working in an Early Years setting.
103 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Tina Bruce
41 books8 followersTina Bruce, a member of the Research Committee of the Froebel Educational Institute and a trustee of the National Froebel Foundation, originally studied at the Froebel Institute (now, as Froebel College, part of Roehampton University).
She has written or edited 29 books, and is perhaps best known for the 'ten principles of early childhood education' first published in 1987 in her book Early Childhood Education (Hodder & Stoughton currently in its 3rd edition). She also co-presented the popular Radio 4 series Tuning in to Children with Kirsty Wark.
She has, for ten years, worked with successive Ministers for Children as Co ordinator of the Early Years Advisory Group, and is or has been Early Years adviser to more than 100 local education authorities, schools and centres across the UK.
She co-founded the Early Childhood Research Centre at Roehampton University, and as an educator she is guided by Froebelian principles, being known for her ability to interweave theory and practice in creative and challenging ways.
She has written or edited 29 books, and is perhaps best known for the 'ten principles of early childhood education' first published in 1987 in her book Early Childhood Education (Hodder & Stoughton currently in its 3rd edition). She also co-presented the popular Radio 4 series Tuning in to Children with Kirsty Wark.
She has, for ten years, worked with successive Ministers for Children as Co ordinator of the Early Years Advisory Group, and is or has been Early Years adviser to more than 100 local education authorities, schools and centres across the UK.
She co-founded the Early Childhood Research Centre at Roehampton University, and as an educator she is guided by Froebelian principles, being known for her ability to interweave theory and practice in creative and challenging ways.
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January 30, 2013
An insight into the theory of learning through play.
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