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University of Alberta Calendar 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

EDEL 455 - Play as a Teaching and Learning Strategy

★ 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0) This course examines how choice and self-direction can enhance children’s learning and thinking in early childhood settings. Students will be involved in planning and evaluating integrated, emergent curriculum projects involving learning in and through play. The conception of play as a teaching strategy will be investigated in relation to cultural, philosophical and historical traditions, current practices and recent research.