Chapter 1 - Introduction to Play & Theories

Organize these options into the right categories - Rhetorics of Play

Groups:

(a) Play as identity

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(b) Play as progress

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(c) Play as self

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(d) Play as imaginary

• • This rhetoric relates to the imagination, creativity and innovation.
• playful pursuits and hobbies, where play is seen as a form of relaxation and escape from everyda
• focuses on the developmental aspects of play and on the notion that children learn through play
• play is viewed as constructing and confirming social identities through community celebrations

THREE types of play (Spectrum of Play) Categorise it

Groups:

(a) Free Play

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(b) Guided play

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(c) Intentional games

• There is a learning goal

• Initiated by child

• Structured and goal-oriented (Initiated by adult)

• Exploring without specific goals

• Adults do not guide or scaffold, there is no learning goal

• Unstructured and open-ended

• There is a learning goal too

• Rules-based and strategic

• Spontaneous and imaginative

• Choice-driven and flexible

• Self-directed and self-paced

• Initiated by adults

• Directed by child

• Directed by chil

• Teacher-directed and purposeful

Which level of play by Piaget is about:

Infants & toddlers exploring & interacting with objects and people through repeated actions

• Practice play

• Constructive play

• Symbolic play

• Game based play

Answer explanation

Practice play is the level of play by Piaget where infants & toddlers explore & interact with objects and people through repeated actions.

Which level of play by Piaget is about:

imitating things they have seen, heard or experiences such as playing house or taking care of dolls

• Practice play

• Constructive play

• Symbolic play

• Game based play

Answer explanation

Symbolic play is a level of play by Piaget where children imitate things they have seen, heard, or experienced, such as playing house or taking care of dolls.

Elkonins 4 principles of play. Principle 1: Play impacts a child ​ (a)   for short and long term ​ (b)  

• motivation

• goals

Answer explanation

Elkonins 4 principles of play. Principle 1: Play impacts a child's motivation and goals for short and long term.

Elkonins 4 principles of play. Principle 2: Play develops ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• cognitive

• decentering

Answer explanation

Play develops cognitive and decentering abilities. Cognitive abilities refer to mental processes such as thinking, problem-solving, and memory. Decentering refers to the ability to consider multiple perspectives and think beyond oneself. Both these abilities are nurtured through play.

Elkonin's principle 3- Play advances development of ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• mental

• representations

• regressions

• repercussions

Answer explanation

Play advances development of mental representations.

Elkonins principle 3- Play encourages the (a)   of ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• development

• intentional

• behaviours

Answer explanation

Elkonins principle 3- Play encourages the development of intentional behaviours. The correct choices are development, intentional, and behaviours.

Play motivates a child to set long and short term goals. For example: Children must stop and make menus and play food and decide who will be the waiter and the chef. They must make props, set up the environment and distribute the roles

Groups:

(a) Short term goals - within a day

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(b) Long term goals - lasts for > than 1 day

• make menus

• who will b the chef

• make props

• who will be the waiter

• make props that can last

• reuse the props

• distribute the roles

Cognitive decentering means

• Ability to see from other peoples perspectives, think reflectively

• Ignoring thoughts and feelings

• Being completely absorbed in thoughts and feelings

• Inability to observe thoughts and feelings

Answer explanation

Cognitive decentering is the ability to see from other people's perspectives and think reflectively, which is the correct choice.