'Well, I've Not Done Any Work Today. I Don't Know Why I Came to School'. Perceptions of Play in the Reception Class

Educational Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-454

  Keating, Iris ^a   Fabian, Hilary ^a,c   Jordan, Pam ^a   Mavers, Di ^a   Roberts, Joy ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842712594     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690020003638     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. ABBOTT, L. & RODGER, R. (1994) Quality Education in the Early Years (Oxford, Oxford University Press).
2. ALMY, M., MONIGHAN, P., SCALES, B. & VAN HOORN, J. (1984) Recent research on play: the teacher's perspective, in: I,. KATZ. (Ed.) Current topics in early childhood education, in: T. BRUCE Time to play in Early Childhond Education (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
3. ANNING, A. (1991) The First Years at School (Oxford, Oxford University Press).
4. ATKIN, J. (1991) Thinking about play in: N. HALI & L. ABBOTT (Eds) Play in the Primary (Curriculum (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
5. BENNETTT, N., WOOD, E. & ROGERS, S. (1997) teaching through play (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
6. BLENKIN, G. & KELLY, A.V. (Eds.) (1992) Assessment in Early Childhood Education (London, PCP).
7. BROWNE, N. & FRANCE, P. (1986) Untying the Apron Strings: anti sexist provision for the under fives (Buckingham, Open University Press).
8. BRUCE, T. (1991) Time to Play in Early Childhood Education (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
9. BRUCE, T. (1996) Helping Young Children lo Play (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
10. BRUCE, T. (1997) Adults and children developing play together, European Early Childhood Research Journal 5(1), pp. 89-99.
11. BRUNER, J.S. (1966) Studies in cognitive growth, in: K. MANNING & A. SHARP (Eds) Structuring Play in the Early Years (London, Ward Lock Educational).
12. BRUNER, J.S. JOLLY, A. & SYLVA, K. (Eds) (1976) Play: tls role in development and evolution (Harmondsworth, Penguin).
13. CAMPBELL., R.J., EVANS, L., ST J. NEILL, S.R. & PACKWOOD, A. (1992) The changing work of infant teachers: some policy issues, Brilish Journal of Educational Studies 40(1), pp. 149-161.
14. CASS, J. (1971) The Significance of Children's Play (London, Batsford).
15. CURTIS, A.M. (1986) A Curriculum for the Pre-School Child (London, NFER Nelson).
16. DAVID, T. (1990) Under Five under-educated (Buckingham, Open University Press).
17. DAVY, A. (1995) Playwork (Basingstoke, Macmillan).
18. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE (1988) The Education Reform Act: the school curriculum and assessment (London, HMSO).
19. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE (1989) Aspects of Primary Education: the education of children under five (London, HMSO).
20. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE (1989) Starting with Quality (London, HMSO).
21. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT (1997) Excellence in Schools (London, HMSO).
22. DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT/QCA (1998) Desirable Outcomes for Children's learning on Enlering (Compulsory Education (Revised and reprinted) (London, HMSO).
23. DUNN, S. & MORGAN, V. (1987) Nursery and infant school play patterns: sex-related differences, British Journal of Educational Research, 13(3), pp. 271-281.
24. GAMMAGE, P. & MELGHAN, J. (1993) Early Childhood Education: the way forward (Derby, Education Now).
25. GARVEY, C. (1991) Play, 2nd edn (London, Fontana).
26. HALL, N. & ABBOTT, L. (Eds) (1991) Play in the Primary Curriculum (London, Hoddcr & Stoughton).
27. HARGREAVES, A. (1989) Curriculum and Assessment Reform (Buckingham, Open University Press).
28. HEASLIP, P., HURST, V. & JOSEPH, J. (Eds) (1992) First things first: educating young children, in: J.R. MOYLES (Ed.) The Excellence of Play (Buckingham, The Open University Press).
29. HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORATE (1989) Aspects of Primary Education (London, DES).
30. HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTORATE (1989) A Survey of the Quality of Education for 4-year olds in Primary Classes (London, DES).
31. HURST, V. (1991) Planning for early learning: education in the first five years, in J.R. MOYLES (Ed.) The Excellence of Play (Buckingham, The Open University Press).
32. HURST, V. & LALLY, M. (1992) Assessment and the nursery curriculum, in: G. BLENKIN & A.V. KELLY (Eds) Assessment in Early Childhood Education (London, PCP).
33. HUTT, S.J.,TYLER, S., HUTT, G. & CHRISTOPHERSON, H. (1989) Play, Exploration and learning: a natural history of the pre-school (London, Routledge).
34. ISAACS, S. (1963) Intellectual Growth in Young Children (London, Routledge & Kegan Paul).
35. ISAACS, S. (1964) Social Development in Young Children (London, Routledge & Kegan Paul).
36. KING, R. (1978) All Things Bright & Beautiful (Chichester, John Wiley & Sons).
37. KITSON, N. (1995) You don't know what you know 'til you know it! Competence-based teacher education, in: J. MOYLES (Ed.) Beginning Teaching: beginning learning in primary education (Oxford, Oxford University Press).
38. LALLY, M. (1991) The Nursery Teacher in Action (London, PCP).
39. MACNAUGHTON, G. (1993) Gender, power and racism: a case study of domestic play in early childhood, Multicultural Teaching to Combat Racism in School and Community, 11(3), pp. 12-15.
40. MCCREESH, J. & MAHER, A. (1976) Pre-School Education (London, Ward Lock Educational).
41. MANNING, K. & SHARP, A. (Eds) (1977) Structuring Play in the Early Years (London, Ward Lock Educational).
42. MATTERSON, E. (1989) Play with a Purpose (Harmondsworth, Penguin).
43. MEADOWS, S. & CASHDAN, A. (1988) Helping Children Learn: contributions to a cognitive curriculum (London, David Fulton).
44. MELLOR, E. (1950) Education through experience in the infant years, in: T. BRUCE Time to Play in Early Childhood Education (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
45. MOYLES, J.R. (1989) Just Playing? (Buckingham, Open University Press).
46. MOYLES, J.R. (Ed.) (1994) The Excellence of Play (Buckingham, Open University Press).
47. MOYLES, J. (1995) Beginning Teaching, Beginning learning (Oxford, Oxford University Press).
48. OFSTED (1993) Eirst Class, (London, HMSO).
49. PARRY, M. & ARCHER, H. (1975) Two to five, in: K. MANNING & A. SHARP (Eds) Structuring Play in the Early Years (London, Ward Lock Educational).
50. PASCAL, C. (1988) Four-year-old children in reception classrooms: participant perceptions and practice, Educational Studies, 14(2), pp. 187-208.
51. PASCAL, C. & BERTRAM, T. (1994) in Moyles ibid.
52. PIAGET, J. (1951) Play, dream & imitation in childhood, in: K. MANNING & A. SHARP (Eds) Structuring Play in the Early Years (London, Ward Lock Educational).
53. READDICK, C.A. & WALTERS-CHAPMAN, C. (1992) Is play the centerpiece of your early childhood curriculum? Early Child Development and Care, 81, pp. 123-129.
54. ROBSON, S. (1993) 'Best of all I like choosing time'. Talking with children about play and work, Early Child Development and Care, 92, pp. 37-51.
55. SARANCHO, O.N. (1991) Educational play in early childhood education, Early Child Development and Care, 66, pp. 45-64.
56. SMILANSKY, S. (1968) The effects of sociodramatic play on disadvantaged preschool children, in: K. MANNING & A. SHARP (Eds) Structuring Play in the Early Years (London, Ward Lock Educational).
57. SMITH, E.A. (1994) Educating the Under-Eives (London, Cassell).
58. SPODEK, B. (1993) Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Education (New York, Teachers College Press).
59. TIZARD, B., BLATCHFORD, P., BURKE, J., FARQUAR, C. & PLEWIS, I. (1988) Young Children at School in the Inner City (Hove, Lawrence Erlbaum).
60. WATT, J. (1988) From nursery school to primary school a symbolic transition, in: T. BRUCE Time to Play in Early Childhood Education (London, Hodder & Stoughton).
61. WHITEHEAD, M. (1999) A literacy hour in the nursery? A big question mark, Early Years, 19(2), pp. 51-61.
62. WOOD, E. & ATTFIELD, J. (1996) Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum (London, PCP).