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ERIC Number: EJ510545
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
How Play and Work Are Organized in a Kindergarten Classroom.
Polito, Theodora
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v9 n1 p47-57 Fall-Win 1994
An ethnographic study examined the organization of work and play in a kindergarten fostering spontaneous play in the generation of work, as inspired by Froebel and Dewey. Found that the dominance of structures favoring work in the use of time, product tracking, and instructive language severely reduced the time, social relationships, and generative scenarios available to children in play. (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Ethnography, Kindergarten, Learning Activities, Play, Preschool Children, School Activities
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dewey (John); Froebel (Friedrich); Play Learning