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Play and Learning in Early Childhood Settings

International Perspectives

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Overview

  • A cultural-historical study
  • Focus on play is hugely popular
  • An international research study
  • Focus of attention on birth to three years is completely under- researched
  • Concept was generated at an OMEP conference – the worlds largest society for early childhood and development people

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

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About this book

This book represents the outcome of the joint activities of a group of scholars who were concerned about the lack of international research in play for children from birth to 3 years. The authors are members of the Organisation Mondiale pour ` l’Education Prescholaire ´ (OMEP). For further information, see http://www.om- ong.net/. The idea of carrying out a research project internationally was born at the OMEP’s World Congress in Melbourne, Australia 2004. All member countries were invited and 10 countries decided to participate, of which three have withdrawn d- ing the process. The reason for this might be that in these countries only one person was working with the project, while other seven countries have been working in a team of two or more persons. The countries that have carried out research and contributed to this book with a chapter each are Australia, Chile, China, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and USA (Wisconsin). For more information about the p- ticipating countries and their corresponding addresses, see Appendix I. This book project started in Melbourne with a discussion about what is general in early childhood education globally, and what is culturally speci c. The discussion was inspired by one of the keynote speakers, Nazhat Shameem (2004), judge in the supreme court in Fiji, when she said: “If we all think we are so different and speci c in each culture, the role of human rights has no value anymore.” We formulated three questions:

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Education, Göteborg University, Sweden

    Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson

  • Monash University Fac. Education, Frankston VIC 3199

    Marilyn Fleer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Play and Learning in Early Childhood Settings

  • Book Subtitle: International Perspectives

  • Editors: Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson, Marilyn Fleer

  • Series Title: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8498-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8497-3Published: 20 November 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7893-3Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8498-0Published: 14 November 2008

  • Series ISSN: 2468-8746

  • Series E-ISSN: 2468-8754

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 195

  • Topics: Early Childhood Education

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