Play: A Theory of Learning and Change
This book examines the question of why ‘play’ is a happy and benevolent verb in childhood, yet a subjective label of behaviour in adulthood. It studies the transformation of the positively labelled term ‘child’s play’, used to refer to our early years, in
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Play: A Theory of Learning and Change
Play: A Theory of Learning and Change
Tara Brabazon Editor
Play: A Theory of Learning and Change
Editor Tara Brabazon School of Teacher Education Charles Sturt University Bathurst, NSW, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-25547-7 ISBN 978-3-319-25549-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25549-1
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Contents
1
Introduction: Play Up? Play Around? .................................................. Tara Brabazon
Part I
1
Setting the Field of Play
2
Play in Early Childhood Education: An Historical Perspective ......... Sandie Wong and Helen Logan
7
3
Playing with Play: A Playful Reconnaissance ...................................... Randa Khattar and Karyn Callaghan
27
4
Team Players............................................................................................ Felicity McArdle, Jennifer Sumsion, Sue Grieshaber, Kellie Bousfield, and Paul Shield
35
5
Faculty, Candidates, and Children at Play: Perceptions and Dissonances.................................................................. Linda Charko, Cameron Fraser, Don Jones, and Umar Keoni Umangay
Part II 6
7
8
55
Playing with Bodies (of Knowledge)
(Re)Playing Decolonization Through Pele, Aloha’Oe and Indigenous Knowledge ................................................... Umar Keoni Umangay
73
Pre-service Teachers, Aboriginal Students and the Cross-cultural ‘Playing Field’: Empowering Futures ........... Maria Bennet and Bev Moriarty
83
From Local to Global: International Initiatives in School Leadership............................................................................... Zeffie Nicholas and Erica van Roosmalen
95
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