Play and Environment
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- On-campus: 24 hours Face to face Swinburne online - Nil
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
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Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
EquivalentSLEE206 - Pedagogical Perspectives 2: Play and Environments
Aims and objectives
1. Evaluate the teacher’s roles in supporting and encouraging children’s play and inquiry in inside and outside learning environments.
2. Compare contemporary and traditional theories of play.
3. Examine play and understand its complexities, including cultural influences and global perspectives.
4. Assess key aspects and features of play environments that support learning for children aged Birth-to-eight years of age.
5. Describe and define aesthetic and creative features of environments that invite engagement, active learning and constructive play.
6. Analyse nature pedagogy, natural materials and outdoor play spaces in children’s play.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Class | 1 | 12 | 12 |
On-campus Class | 2 | 6 | 12 |
Online Learning activities | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Portfolio | Individual | 50% | 4, 5, 6 |
Essay | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 3 |
Content
- Contemporary and cultural considerations with respect to children's play; an overview of the exploration of major theorists and theories
- Theories, critique and constructs of play
- Categories of play
- Pedagogy and play – the teacher’s role
- The environment as the third teacher – Reggio Emilia approach
- Setting up learning environments – theory of loose parts
- Indoor and outdoor play experiences in EC settings and schools
- Nature pedagogy, natural materials and outdoor play spaces
- Selection and maintenance of learning materials and equipment
- Exploration of current understandings of the place of play in appropriate curriculum for children, in both school and prior-to-school settings
- Daily living experiences (routines) in early learning settings and their potential for learning
- Implications for multi and single age groups
- Equity and inclusion in play
Study resources
- Reading materials.