ERIC Number: EJ1428675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jun
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-5984
EISSN: EISSN-1554-8279
Play, PE, Paint, and Performance: What Gets Left behind When Teaching Academic Content in Kindergarten
Vi-Nhuan Le; Diana Schaack; Michael Gottfried
Elementary School Journal, v124 n4 p542-562 2024
There is currently a debate as to whether academic content at kindergarten crowds out time spent in creative arts, free play, and physical activity. Analyzing kindergarten teachers' reports of their instruction from the ECLS-K:2011, this study examined whether core academic content or advanced academic content in math or English language arts (ELA) displaces time spent in creative arts, indoor free play, and physical activity. The results suggested that neither core academic content nor advanced academic content in either subject displaced physical activity. More time spent on advanced math and advanced ELA was associated with more time spent on creative arts. However, teachers who reported spending more time on advanced math also reported spending less time on indoor free play.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Creative Activities, Art Activities, Physical Education, Play, Learning, Mathematics Education, Language Arts, Curriculum Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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