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Play, learning, and children's development : everyday life in families and transition to school / Mariane Hedegaard (Copenhagen University), Marilyn Fleer (Monash University).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextEdition: First paperback editionDescription: viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781107531635
  • 1107531632
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.231 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ772 .H415 2015
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Contents:
Section 1. A Wholeness Approach to the Study of Children's Everyday Life: 1. Children's social situation and their activities in everyday settings; 2. The conditions that family practices create for children's learning and development; 3. Societal conditions shape family practices -- Section 2. Family Activity Settings: 4. Morning routines in families; 5. Walking to school ; 6. After-school settings and homework activities; 7. Relaxing at home-- unstructured times in families; 8. The after-school period -- play at home; 9. Evening meals; 10. Bedtime routines -- Section 3. Children Meet New Demands in School Practice: 11. Entering into school practice; 12. How schools create conditions for being a successful school child -- Section 4. Theorizing Children's Activities in Families and in School: 13. Children's everyday life in families and across into school.
Summary: "This book explores the dynamics in children's everyday lives as they move between school and the family, with particular consideration of how children's motives change in response new challenges. Professors Mariane Hedegaard and Marilyn Fleer follow four children, two from Australia and two from Denmark, over a twelve-month period. Using these case studies, they show how children's everyday activities, play, and the demands of both family and educational contexts influence their learning and development" --
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.

Section 1. A Wholeness Approach to the Study of Children's Everyday Life: 1. Children's social situation and their activities in everyday settings; 2. The conditions that family practices create for children's learning and development; 3. Societal conditions shape family practices -- Section 2. Family Activity Settings: 4. Morning routines in families; 5. Walking to school ; 6. After-school settings and homework activities; 7. Relaxing at home-- unstructured times in families; 8. The after-school period -- play at home; 9. Evening meals; 10. Bedtime routines -- Section 3. Children Meet New Demands in School Practice: 11. Entering into school practice; 12. How schools create conditions for being a successful school child -- Section 4. Theorizing Children's Activities in Families and in School: 13. Children's everyday life in families and across into school.

"This book explores the dynamics in children's everyday lives as they move between school and the family, with particular consideration of how children's motives change in response new challenges. Professors Mariane Hedegaard and Marilyn Fleer follow four children, two from Australia and two from Denmark, over a twelve-month period. Using these case studies, they show how children's everyday activities, play, and the demands of both family and educational contexts influence their learning and development" --

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