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Preschool Children's Discourses on Gender during Dramatic Play from Critical Perspective
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Emen-Parlatan, Meltem; Yasar, Mustafa – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
The aim of this study was to explore dramatic play processes from a Marxist-Feminist perspective as a context in which preschool children express their understanding of gender and related issues. This qualitative study utilized critical discourse analysis to focus on the meaning created among children through their interaction while playing. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Dramatic Play, Gender Issues, Discourse Analysis
Towards Play Pedagogy: Supporting Teacher Play Practices with a Teacher Guide about Socio-Dramatic and Imaginative Play
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Loizou, Eleni – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
Drawing on the work of Vygotsky on scaffolding play and research on teacher intervention and mature forms of play, we have developed a teacher guide about play which frames children's role and scenario development and provides a teacher play intervention schema. The research question explored in this study is "How does a teacher guide,…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Preservice Teachers, Dramatic Play, Play
The Accessibility of Socio-Dramatic Play to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Australian Preschoolers
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Scrafton, Eleanor; Whitington, Victoria – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Socio-dramatic play is preschool children's leading learning activity (Karpov 2005; Vygotsky 1978). Yet entering play often poses challenges (Corsaro 2003), particularly for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children (Hruska 2007). At preschool four-year-old CALD children are both acquiring a new language, and learning new rules, social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Dramatic Play, Case Studies
The Role of Adults in Children's Dramatic Play in Icelandic Preschools.
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Einarsdottir, Johanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1998
Investigated the role of educational personnel in children's dramatic play in Icelandic preschools, how they intervened, and their views on dramatic play and their own role and function. Findings indicated that adult participation in children's dramatic play was not common and most frequently occurred outside the theme of play, although personnel…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Teacher Attitudes
The Dramatic and Narrative Patterns of Play.
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Lindqvist, Gunilla – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2003
Describes how narratives can stimulate children's play and how it is possible to create playworlds. Shows how cultural context has a positive influence on children's quest for meaningful action. Asserts that a child's imagination is captured by the narrative, which gives objects and actions their meaning. Maintains that when adults play roles and…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Cultural Influences, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
What Do Early Childhood Practitioners Think about Young Children's Thinking?
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Robson, Sue; Hargreaves, David J. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
This study investigates the perceptions and practices of early childhood practitioners in relation to the development of thinking in children aged 3-5 years. Five practitioners working in nursery and reception classes in England were interviewed, and sessions were observed in each setting, including discussions with the children. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Cognitive Processes