Play and Curriculum

Myae Han is a professor of early childhood education in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. James E. Johnson is professor of early childhood education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at The Pennsylvania State University.

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I. Play, Curriculum and Culture
Chapter 1: Incorporating Play into the Preschool Curriculum in a Kogi Community in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta by S. Lynneth Solis

Chapter 2: A Case Study of a New York City Elementary School’s Adoption of the Playworld Activity by Beth Ferholt
Chapter 3: Home-Based Child Care Providers’ Perspectives about Play, Curriculum, and Quality Improvement Initiatives by Alison Hooper, Juana Gaviria-Loaiza, Cailin Kerch
Section II. Play and Curriculum In Stem
Chapter 4: Facilitating Mathematical Thinking in Preschool Play: Findings of The CECE Math-Play Studies by Sudha Swaminathan, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith
Chapter 5: Exploring the Role of Free Play in Elementary Science by Brian A. Stone, Lora Lorentsen, Meghan Schmidt
Chapter 6: Thinking Outside the Woods: Teacher’s story of Urban Nature and Inviting the Wild into the City Classroom by Heather Pinedo-Burns
Section III. Play, Teachers and Higher Education
Chapter 7: Play in Higher Education: Emergent Understandings of Play Pedagogy for Adult Learners in Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs by Marleah Blom, Miranda D’Amico
Chapter 8: Learning, NOT Playing: Mixed Method Analysis of Early Childhood Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions on Children’s Play by Ilfa Zhulamanova
Chapter 9: Games at College: Furthering Pedagogical and Co-Curricular Goals through Play by Abby Loebenberg, Robert Mack, Lauren Bongiorno
Index
About the Contributors