EDC-323 Revision (Fall 2023)

Play should start with the children’s lived experience and should use clues from the world around them - this is part of play definition by which educator?

• Maria Montessori

• John Dewy

• Friedrich Froebel

• Jean Piaget

According to Brian Sutton-Smith, adaptive variability in play means:

• Play makes children adapt to the environment

• There is equality in play

• play teaches children to be flexible

What are the three types of curriculum?

What is symbolic play?

• Interacting with others to develop and improve social skills

• using intellectual and academic tools (including math, science, geography, etc.) to understand something or solve a probleU

• Using symbolic representations to communicate ideas

According to Piaget's theory, which type of play is dominant during the pre-operational stage

• Social play

• Educational play

• Symbolic play

Define Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

According to Vygotsky, __________ play is important for the development of language and abstract thinking.

• Educational play

• Make-believe play

• Symbolic play

• Social play