ERIC Number: EJ1352871
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-480X
EISSN: EISSN-1554-4818
Understanding Play Participants' Perspectives in Play-Based Learning: A Cultural-Historical Analysis in a Home Context
Pedagogies: An International Journal, v17 n2 p139-161 2022
There are some studies indicating that parents make a significant contribution to children's conceptual learning through play, whereas very few studies have been done to identify parents' pedagogical positioning in children's imaginative play for supporting their learning and development. This paper is seeking how Indian-Australian immigrant parents involve themselves and support the development of abstract concepts by taking on their children's perspectives in imaginative play. Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory was used to analyse the data to answer the research question. The data have been collected through video, audio and semi-structured interviews from four Indian-Australian immigrant families. Approximately 17 hours of data were collected from four focus children's families. The finding of this study show how to extend the play that the parent and child develop from an individual perspective by moving between inside and outside of the imaginative play. However, the study also reveals that the play participants might miss the opportunity to understand each other's perspectives by only being outside of the play. The paper suggests that future research should concentrate on studying the pedagogical positioning of the adult, which is an important dimension for understanding adults' involvement in children's imaginative play for supporting learning and development.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Play, Parent Role, Immigrants, Indians, Imagination, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Preschool Children, Family Environment, Child Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; India
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