Playing For Keeps: Life And Learning On A Public School Playground,Used

Playing For Keeps: Life And Learning On A Public School Playground,Used

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Brand: Teachers College Press
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Why is play important in the lives of children? What crucial aspects of learning are being neglected in the current nearelimination of recess time in public schools? Playing for Keeps, coauthored by the wellknown writer and educational leader Deborah Meier and two colleagues with equally long experience in schools, explores these questions. Based on close observations on a public school playground, the book shows children at play in a relatively natural, unstructured environment. The reader is virtually there, seeing, listening in, able to appreciate the childrens curiosity, humor, intelligence, and inventiveness. Readers will recognize the childrens voices and ways of thinking, and perhaps be reminded of their own childhood, their own children, or the children they teach. The authors comment on the observations, adding to the readers own perceptions . This lively, engaging book makes a strong case for the importance of free exploration, wonder, imagination, and play to the learning and growth of children. It should contribute significantly to the understanding of all those concerned, professionally or personally, with the welfare of our schoolage population.This is an adventure well worth taking, for teachers, parents, and administrators.Vivian Gussin PaleyWe need this book more than ever.Jonathan KozolThree experienced and wise educators have written a book that reveals for us the essence of childhood. In the barren days of racing to the top, this engaging book reminds us of what education could so easily be.Eleanor Duckworth, Harvard University, author of 'The Having of Wonderful Ideas' and other Essays on Teaching and Learning, Third Edition

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