The Playground of the Mind: Teaching Literature at University
This chapter begins with the claim that conventional serious, strictly syllabus- and goal-oriented teaching does not inspire students with confidence in their own capacity to engage critically and creatively with and contribute to interpretations of liter
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Sandra Lynch Deborah Pike Cynthia à Beckett Editors
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Play from Birth and Beyond
International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development Volume 18
Series Editors Professor Marilyn Fleer, Monash University, Australia Professor Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, Gothenburg University, Sweden Editorial Board Dr Jane Bone, Monash University, Australia Professor Emerita Anne Edwards, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Professor Emerita Mariane Hedegaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Professor Eva Johansson, University of Stavanger, Norway Professor Rebeca Mejía Arauz, ITESO, Mexico Associate Professor Cecilia Wallerstedt, Gothenburg University, Sweden Dr Liang Li, Monash University, Australia
Early childhood education in many countries has been built upon a strong tradition of a materially rich and active play-based pedagogy and environment. Yet what has become visible within the profession, is, essentially a Western view of childhood, preschool education and school education. It is timely that a series of books be published which present a broader view of early childhood education. This series seeks to provide an international perspective on early childhood education. In particular, the books published in this series will: • Examine how learning is organized across a range of cultures, particularly indigenous communities • Make visible a range of ways in which early childhood pedagogy is framed and enacted across countries, including the majority poor countries • Critique how particular forms of knowledge are constructed in curriculum within and across countries • Explore policy imperatives which shape and have shaped how early childhood education is enacted across countries • Examine how early childhood education is researched locally and globally • Examine the theoretical informants driving pedagogy and practice, and seek to find alternative perspectives from those that dominate many Western heritage countries • Critique assessment practices and consider a broader set of ways of measuring children’s learning • Examine concept formation from within the context of country-specific pedagogy and learning outcomes The series covers theoretical works, evidence-based pedagogical research, and international research studies. The series also covers a broad range of countries, including majority poor countries. Classical areas of interest, such as play, the images of childhood, and family studies, will also be examined. However, the focus is critical and international (not Western-centric).
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7601
Sandra Lynch • Deborah Pike Cynthia à Beckett Editors
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Play from Birth and Beyond
Editors Sandra Lynch The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia
Deborah Pike The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cynthia à Beckett The University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISSN 2468-8746 ISSN 2468-8754 (electronic) In
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