Preschool children's social pretend play: supporting the development of metacommunication, metacognition and self-regulation

International Journal of Play

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-213

  Whitebread, David ^a   O'Sullivan, Lisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

early years curriculum; metacognition; metacommunication; pedagogy; self regulation; social pretend play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893417331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21594953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2012.693384     Document Type: Article

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