Searching for play in Early Childhood Care and Education policy

Alcock, Sophie

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2013
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Alcock, S. (2013). Searching for play in Early Childhood Care and Education policy. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 48 (1) : 19-33.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/2617
Abstract
Children (and adults) across all cultures play in culturally reflective ways (Goncu & Gaskins, 2007; Rogoff, 2003). Play is one of the most interesting characteristics of groups of children. Despite play being a preoccupation of most young children, and a desirable disposition for creative adults (Csikszentmihalyi, 1996; Sawyer, R.K., 2003) New Zealand Ministry of Education (MoE) Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) policy and curriculum documents make little or no mention of play (1996, 2004–2009, 2011, 2012). This paper explores the invisibility of play in official Ministry of Education (MoE) ECEC curriculum, assessment and policy documents and discusses possible reasons for this invisibility.
Keywords:
early childhood curriculum policy, early childhood assessment policy, play in early childhood education
ANZSRC Field of Research:
130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Māori)
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Springer

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