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Yonzon, Kulsum Chishti; Fleer, Marilyn; Fragkiadaki, Glykeria; Rai, Prabhat – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Knowing how children become oriented to imaginary play can help educators in centres better support development. But how this begins in the first years of life is not well understood. How toddlers transform through their imagination concrete objects (such as play accessories, figurines, and books) to become props in play (placeholders and pivots)…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Imagination, Visual Aids, Foreign Countries
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Sikder, Shukla; Fleer, Marilyn – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
Vygotsky (in: Rieber, Carton (eds) The collected works of L.S. Vygotsky, vol 1, Pleneum Press, Newyork, pp 167-241, Retrieved from http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/edf5411/04118997.pdf, 1987) stated that academic or scientific concepts require a level of conscious awareness on the part of the child within everyday situations. Academic concepts can…
Descriptors: Science Education, Child Development, Scientific Concepts, Infants