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- Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory. Jean Piaget's insights into cognitive development align perfectly with a play-based learning classroom. His stages of development can inform the diverse play experiences you create in your classroom.
- Vygotsky's Socio-Cultural Theory. Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a Russian psychologist who focused on the importance of social interaction and cultural context in a child's cognitive development.
- Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory. Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was a German-American psychoanalyst known for his Psychosocial Development Theory.
- Froebel's Play Theory. Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) was a German educator who is often regarded as the pioneer of the kindergarten movement. He developed the concept of play as a fundamental element of early childhood education and established the idea of a kindergarten or a garden of children.
Many play-based ECEC curricula follow Vygotsky’s cultural-historical approach to play. Play-based learning combines play, child-initiated elements with adult intervention to achieve specific educational goals (Pyle & Danniels, 2017).
Nov 27, 2023 · Researchers have approached play-based learning with a focus on either developmental skills or academic skills. In most research, play-based learning is compared to a more traditional, academic setting (think: kids learning letters and numbers and working through teacher-directed activities).
This brief will help pre-primary stakeholders advocate for making play-based or playful learning a central aspect of expanding and strengthening the pre-primary sub-sector.
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- Empower students to guide their own learning. Get to know kids’ interests, strengths, and what they can contribute to the class. The more you understand your students, the more you can make meaningful connections between their lives and the curriculum.
- Create a culture of collaborative learning together. Build up relationships through play and look for ways for learners to connect to each other. Build knowledge together through purposeful conversations.
- Encourage risk-taking and experimentation. Lead kids in open-ended investigations with no “correct answers” to help them get more comfortable with the unknown.
- Promote imaginative thinking. Invite children to share stories and listen to other people’s stories. For high school students, look at the Storytelling and Story Acting for Older Learners tool.
Play is central to how children learn—the way they form and explore friendships, the way they shape and test hypotheses, and the way they make sense of their world. Much is known about how play supports learning, yet little empirical research has explored what it might mean to put play at the center of formal schooling.
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There’s a wealth of science behind our understanding of learning through play: studies in teaching and learning, play, and neuroscience. Here are three key things to take from the research. Children are born to learn through play. Children should be in charge of their play and learning.
