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Direct linkAmandeep Kaur Randhawa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this participatory action research (PAR) project was to support teachers to integrate play as a primary pedagogy in the math program. The theory of action was: If teachers develop a mathematical program integrating play pedagogy, then teacher capacity will expand to support the implementation of play in math instruction. I conducted…
Descriptors: Play, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Elias P. Blinkoff – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Early childhood educators in the United States and worldwide face the growing challenge of "schoolification,"--the imposition of conventional academic content from later grade levels into their classrooms (e.g., Ring & O'Sullivan, 2018). The science of learning offers a different approach with evidence to support more active,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Play, Class Activities, Student Behavior
Lohiser, Lisa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation in practice (DiP) seeks to influence two main issues, first parents have a limited knowledge about play and second play is on the decline in homes and schools. It has been suggested that parental beliefs, education, and income levels have some influence on a parents' ability to engage in purposeful play (Ivrendi & Isikoglu,…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Attitudes, Learning Activities
Parker, Janice – ProQuest LLC, 2018
No one would disagree that young children's literacy learning is of primary importance in the early childhood years. One of the best ways for children to learn oral language is through play. However, many teachers view play as a child's work and not as a space where the teacher can support children's literacy learning. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Play, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers
Frantz, Rebecca Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Naturalistic behavioral interventions increase the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of child social communication skills among children with developmental delays (DD). Teaching Assistants (TAs) are ideal interventionists for delivering social communication interventions because of the significant amount of time they spend working…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Teacher Aides, Coaching (Performance), Teaching Methods
Nugent, Mary Beth Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe kindergarten teachers' experiences with integrating play-based learning into standards-based academic curriculum in a school district in South Carolina. Play-based learning experiences were defined as instances which allow children to engage in active, social learning experiences in…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Play, Integrated Curriculum
