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ERIC Number: EJ651306
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
'Well, I've Not Done Any Work Today. I Don't Know Why I Came to School'. Perceptions of Play in the Reception Class.
Keating, Iris; Fabian, Hilary; Jordan, Pam; Mavers, Di; Roberts, Joy
Educational Studies, v26 n4 p437-54 Dec 2000
Focuses on the role of play in the reception class by examining the attitudes and perceptions of play in 10 primary schools in England. Reports that there is a clear distinction between the rhetoric and reality of play. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, British Infant Schools, British National Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Parent Attitudes, Play, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England