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ECIGNITEPresentation
UNOPLAYConsortium
NotJustfortheChildren:Teachers'DevelopmentinUsingPlayasa
LearningMedium
DEBORAWISNESKIJohnT.LanganProfessorinEarlyChildhood
Education/AssociateProfessorDepartmentofTeacherEducation
ProfessionalDevelopment,Teachers,andPlay
• CrisisinKindergarten, MillerandAlmon(2009)
• Vu,Han,andBuell(2015):"Earlychildhoodeducatorsareoftenawareofthegeneralimportanceofplayinchildren'sdevelopment;however,theyareoftenlessawareofhowplaycansupportbothacademicandsociallearningandwhattheirownrolescanbeinchildren'splay"(p.444).
• “Ifteachingandplayaretobeseenasmutuallyinclusivetermsthentheremustbeareconceptualizationofplaytoincludeteaching,teachers,andthepoliticsofplaywork”
• (Ryan&Northey-Berg,2014,p.212).
StudyOverview
Questions• Whatdoearlychildhoodteachersknow
andbelieveaboutplayasalearning• medium?• Howdoearlychildhoodteachers
implementplayfullearningactivitiesintheir
• classrooms?• Howdotheteachersmakemeaningof
theirstudentsplayindividuallyand• collectively?• Whatprofessionalsupportsand
barriershaveearlychildhoodteachersencountered intheireffortstouseplayasalearningmedium?
Methodology• Participants:4ECEteachers
inpublicschooldistrict– Prek-1st grade– CompletedTED8220PlayAs
aLearningMediumatUNO
• DataCollection– WrittenInterviews– Play-basedFocusGroup
Play-basedMethodology
Findings LeadershipModelsPLCsReggio-InspiredProject
ParentEducation
Process• Playintheclassroomrequiresteacherstohaveintention,careful
observation,anddocumentation.• Playobservationsareusedasinsightintochildren’slearning.
• Struggles:Time,SchoolPolicies,Parents,LackofResources,Environments
IdentityPlayispersonal.
“It(play)issopartofwhoyouare.”
Playisopenforinterpretation.
TakeAways• 1.ECETeachersincorporateplayasalearningmedium
whentheyhaveaccesstopersonalplay/playmemoriesandintentionaldialogueandreflectionwithotherteachersaboutplanning,documentation,andinterpretationofplay.
• 2.Whengivensupportforteachingthroughplay,ECEteacherscanarticulateandsupportchildren’slearningandcanbecomecurriculumleadersfortheircolleagues.
• 3.Schoolpoliciessuchascontrolledpackagedcurriculum,limitedteacherplanningtime, andtimedlearningperiodsarecommonbarrierstoteachersusingplayasalearningmedium.