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Fleer, Marilyn; Li, Liang – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
There is increasing evidence of the fusion of Western and Eastern early childhood philosophies and programmes within China. Although research has paid attention to this change, less attention has been directed to how culturally different beliefs and practices are experienced by children and teachers. This paper reports on a study of play-based…
Descriptors: Play, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Rural Areas
Fleer, Marilyn; Rai, Prabhat; Fragkiadaki, Glykeria – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
Play acts as the source of children's development in the preschool period. Yet, the global pandemic has changed children's play conditions in ways that are not yet fully understood. With movement restrictions, families have struggled to find ways of bringing children together for play. We studied how family day care (FDC) educators across a remote…
Descriptors: Play, Child Care, Child Development, Preschool Children
Meng, Xianyu; Fleer, Marilyn; Li, Liang; Hammer, Marie – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
Although abundant evidence demonstrates that play is the source of development for preschool-aged children in various cultures, few studies have investigated the role of adult-children collective play in supporting the development of children in institutional care settings. This study examined whether and how a play-based programme created…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Residential Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Utami, Ade Dwi; Fleer, Marilyn; Li, Liang – International Journal of Early Years Education, 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…
Descriptors: Play, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Children
Sulaymani, Omar; Fleer, Marilyn; Chapman, Denise – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018
Even though studies of the accessibility of digital technologies in educational contexts have become progressively more extensive, understanding children's motive for play or for learning is essential for identifying the way they relate to touch technology. This research paper seeks to understand the relation between the motive for play and the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Devi, Anamika; Fleer, Marilyn; Li, Liang – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018
Grounded in Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory, this paper examines how often teachers are involved in children's imaginative play and discusses their beliefs about their role in supporting children's imaginative play. To investigate this problem, video (65 hours of digital observations) and interview data (two hours and 30 minutes) of 60…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Play, Imagination