ERIC Number: EJ1279165
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0966-9760
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Shift in Teachers' Pedagogical Practices in Play-Based Programme in Indonesia
International Journal of Early Years Education, v28 n4 p397-412 2020
Different approaches to implementing 'learning through play' exist in many countries due to different understandings of the concept of play. In Indonesia, teachers implement play in a structured way following certain play developmental stages, where the focus is on children's academic outcomes, rather than the development of concepts as part of children's play. This paper seeks to explore how teachers shift their pedagogical practices from a formal model of play to a playworld approach, that is used as an intervention in this educational experiment study. The playworld emphasises the nexus between play, learning, and cultural contexts as equally essential. In the larger study, video observations of nine teachers interacting with 38 children (18 boys; 20 girls; 3.5-5 years; mean age of 4.4 years) during group-play activities (98 hours) and interviews were analysed. Informed by the cultural-historical theory, this paper focuses on the shift of pedagogical practices from structured and teacher-directed play practices to teacher's role-play pedagogy reflected in teachers' roles and understanding. The teachers' role-play pedagogy assists teachers' learning and the transition process from the traditional practices to the playworld practices. Thus, this pedagogy has the potential to be an important step in the playworld implementation in children's learning.
Descriptors: Play, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Role, Role Playing, Imagination, Vignettes, Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia (Jakarta)
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