The Dynamics of Pretend Play Development in Early Childhood | Zendy

Milda Brėdikytė | Zendy; Agnė Brandišauskienė | Zendy; Giedrė Sujetaitė-Volungevičienė | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

The Dynamics of Pretend Play Development in Early Childhood

Author(s) -

Milda Brėdikytė,

Agnė Brandišauskienė,

Giedrė Sujetaitė-Volungevičienė

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

pedagogika

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2029-0551

pISSN - 1392-0340

DOI - 10.15823/p.2015.013

Subject(s) - dynamics (music) , phenomenon , early childhood , psychology , developmental psychology , raising (metalworking) , early childhood education , pedagogy , epistemology , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy

The phenomenon of play is constantly raising many questions for researchers and practitioners. Why play important, what kind of play is should be promoted in kindergarten classrooms, should it be supported and how? This article provides a short analysis on the concept of play and introduces an investigation aimed at analyzing the dynamics of the development of children’s pretend play in early childhood settings. This research is performed within the framework of Cultural-Historical theory of play. The development of children’s pretend play in ECEC groups will be discussed; gender differences and the level of pretend play within different age groups of children will be analyzed.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research