Teacher Education and Play Pedagogy

Eleni Loizou is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Education of the University of Cyprus. Jeffrey Trawick-Smith is Professor Emeritus and a senior researcher in the Center for Early Childhood Education of Eastern Connecticut State University.

• List of illustrationsList of contributorsForeword: Tony Bertram and Chris PascalPrefacePART 1Teacher Εducation for Play Pedagogy1. Introduction: Play Pedagogy Conceptualizations and Reflections on Existing ResearchEleni Loizou and Jeffrey Trawick-Smith2. A Closer Look at the Maturity of Make-Believe Play in Quebec’s Kindergarten to Inform the Design of a Professional Development ProgramLise Lemay, Anne-Sophie Parent, Caroline Bouchard, Stéphanie Duval, Noémie Montminy-Sanschagrin3. Play as the Work of Pre-service Teachers: A Case Study of Inspiring Play as Pedagogy in a University Early Childhood Program.Cecilia Maron-Puntarelli4: Play Training and Coaching for Child Care Providers on How to Support Children’s Play and LearningMyae Han, Martha Buell, Di Liu and Annette Pic5. Educating Early Childhood Education Teachers for Play-Responsive Early Childhood Education and Care (PRECEC)Niklas Pramling6. Supporting Early Childhood Teachers’ Play Pedagogy: Methods, Processes and OutcomesSofia Avgitidou 7. Play-Based Teaching in Russian Preschool Education: Pretend and Digital PlayNikolay Veraksa, Aleksander Veraksa, Margarita Gavrilova, Darya Bukhalenkova, Vera SukhikhPART IIA Theoretical and Practical Lens of Teacher Authentic Play Practices8. Learning to Play-2-Gether: Building Positive Relationships with Children through PlayCaroline Vancraeyveldt, Sara Barros Araújo, Annerieke Boland, Soňa Grofčíková, Anna Klimentova, Ineke Oenema-Mostert and Manuela Sanches-Ferreira9. Challenges and Dilemmas With Play-Based Pedagogy in Swedish Early Childhood Education. Maelis Karlsson Lohmander and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson10. Creating Preservice Teachers’ Playful Mindsets and Dispositions Towards Play in the USRuth Guirguis and Jennifer M. Longley11. Advanced Block Play in Preschool: Implications for Teacher Education Jeffrey Trawick-Smith, Cassandra Cullis and Marley Koschel12. A Case Study of an Early Childhood Teacher’s Constructive Play Praxeological TransformationEleni Loizou13. Themes for Teacher Education for Play PedagogyJeffrey Trawick-Smith and Eleni Loizou