Rules Made to Be Broken: Literacy and Play in a Fourth-Grade Setting.

Power, Brenda Miller

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Publication Date: 1992

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Rules Made to Be Broken: Literacy and Play in a Fourth-Grade Setting.

Power, Brenda Miller

Journal of Education, v174 n1 p70-86 1992

A microanalysis of play in a fourth-grade classroom highlights its governing patterns and rules in play in which literacy is a factor. Social rituals of children are products of interaction and observation of the adult culture. They are a window into how schools and culture inform each other. (SLD)

Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Influences, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Interpersonal Relationship, Literacy, Personality Traits, Play, Reading Skills, Recreational Activities, Socialization, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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